Where the Water Comes and Goes

All the Water in the World

Written by George Ella Lyon

Illustrated by Katherine Tillotson

Published by Richard Jackson

Copyright 2011

38 pages

Non-Fiction

 

            I chose this book because I was interested to see what exactly it had to say about water. The world is a something that will always catch my attention. I am extremely interested in the world and all of its existence. This book is a more complicated read about the different places water goes. It is really neat to see the unique writing style the author chose to use. It seems to follow a poetic type of style. The book is a informational in a way to let everyone know where the water goes so that we may know how to keep it clean. The book ends encouraging everyone around the world to keep the Earth green.

            This book has a very informal text placement. The text is printed in different colors and shapes of all sizes. Some text is bold and some has a falling effect. A lot of the text is placed in order to go along with the illustration. The illustrations are done in a collages format. For example, a page full of grass and trees displays all different shades and patterns of green fit together to make an image. Some of the images flow into a completely different image. The title page is over a two page spread with an elaborate illustration that does an amazing job communicating the nature of the story.

            This book could be used in a classroom during a Science lesson. The teacher could extend on this book and teach a lesson about the water cycle. The teacher could also create a handout with examples of the different ways water is used in this story. For each example, the students could write a personal example of how they treat the water they use. The teacher could also use this in a literacy lesson about poetry. The teacher could explain that all poetry does not rhyme and share different examples. The teacher could even move into allowing students to write their own poem. This book was difficult for me to read and understand. I would suggest using it in the higher elementary grade levels.