Poetic text and colorful illustrations depict the water cycle in this lush picture book. Young readers can follow the course of a heavy rain as it drenches people and animals, and changes the landscape as it travels from pond to brook, to lake, to river--eventually ending up in the sea. ...

This book examines over a dozen kinds of snow and snowy conditions through the vocabulary of the Inuit people of Alaska. Textual information also includes the physical properties and formation of the snow, and how it affects plants, animals, and people. ...