BKLYN BookMatch: Water Resources Reading (Grades 3-6)
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A Haitian boy named Moses recounts surviving the 2004 flood that buried much of Gonaives, Haiti, where he was born, and describes his life at St. Helene Children's Village near Port-au-Prince, which has become a source of life to many more children in the wake of the 2010 earthquake that destroyed Port-au-Prince and a following hurricane.
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Describes what life would be like without clean water in a funny and direct style.
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Some hands-on projects to help kids learn about water's properties.
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"Describes--in English, Spanish, and Nahuat--the life cycle of water from the perspective of one drop"
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A picture book that will be helpful in starting discussions with older children. "Anna fetches water from the spring every day, but she can't carry it on her head like her older brothers and sisters. In this charming and poetic family story set in Jamaica, Prize-winning author Olive Senior shows young readers the power of determination, as Anna achieves her goal and overcomes her fear."
