Water Can Be . . .
By Laura Purdie Salas and Violeta Dabija
4.5/5
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Water is water, puddle, pond, sea. But now can you guess what else it can be?
Water can be a . . .thirst quencher, kid drencher, cloud fluffer, fire snuffer. Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout the year.
Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical, rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's glowing illustrations make simple yet profound observations about seemingly ordinary objects and encourage readers to suggest "what else it can be!" Using metaphors for a leaf (tree topper / rain stopper), a rock (hopscotch marker / fire sparker), and water (thirst quencher / kid drencher), these insightful picture books creatively highlight a variety of roles and relationships in nature.
Laura Purdie Salas
Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 135 books for kids, including If You Were the Moon, Lion of the Sky, theCan Be… series, and Bookspeak! Poems about Books. Poetry and rhyming nonfiction books are her favorite things to write. Laura loves to do author visits, writing workshops, and teacher inservices. Read more about Laura and her work at laurasalas.com.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a poem and informational book about all the different forms water comes in and its uses. It begins by talking about what water can be in the spring time such as a downhill speeder and a garden soaker. It then moves through to autumn and gives more things that water can be such as a fire snuffer. The book ends by telling the reader to go out and find what water can be. The last two pages of the book take the things water was described to be and go into more depth about them.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the things water can be and do.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There are many reasons why I liked this book “Water Can Be…”. One the reasons I liked this book was how the book describes the different forms of water during the four seasons of the year. “Water is water – it’s puddle, pond, sea. When springtime comes splashing, the water flows free.” This creates a rhythm to the story, which is very free flowing, just like the water. The book also pushes the reader to think about the different forms water can take in our world. When talking about the forms of water, the lists are simple and relatable. Some examples of what water can be during the autumn/winter time are “school drinker, bruise shrinker, storm creator, decorator, woodchuck warmer, and snowman former.” In the end, the book says, “Now go discover what else it can be!” When turning the page, all of the different phrases and words water was in the story are listed and described in more detail. For example, one of the ways water is shown is a rainbow jeweler. It is described as, “rainbow jeweler: did you know that without water, we would have no rainbows? They form when sunshine meets water vapor in the air.” It goes into specifics with all of the terms listed in the story. After the listing, there is even a glossary with the words used in the story for children to get a better understanding of their meanings. For example, “water vapor: water that has turned into a gas.” The story demonstrates to the reader the importance of water in our every day life. The big idea of this story is that water can be in many different forms throughout all the seasons of the year.