The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.

Clean water is a precious resource in a thirsty world. May be a bit dated (2014).

"Based on the childhood experience of Georgie Badiel." "The story of one young girl's quest to bring clean drinking water to her African village"

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

A trilingual story of resourcefulness and recycling--a young girl wants to weave to earn money and status, but doesn't have the materials, so she re-purposes litter!

As the city develops around their once small town, the children find they have nowhere to play and band together to demand a playground.

This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

"In many countries, safe drinkable water is not a guarantee. This book looks at the challenges to the world water supply, and the far-reaching environmental, commercial and political costs if those challenges are not met. Among the topics covered are problems of population growth and climate change"--

Explains what hydrology is, shows the impact of water on human history, and looks at water's role in climate, the water cycle, and the role of hydrology in the contemporary world.

From 2009, but may have some continued resonance. Uses the narratives of children from different parts of the world to describe the everyday uses and importance of water to each one's life.