Water Can Be... bookcover

Water Can Be...

Violeta Dabija 

(Illustrator)
4.9/5.0
21,000+ Reviews
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Description

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.

Product Details

PublisherMillbrook Press (Tm)
Publish DateApril 01, 2014
Pages32
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9781467705912
Dimensions10.0 X 9.9 X 0.5 inches | 0.9 pounds
BISAC Categories: Kids, Kids,

About the Author

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.
Violeta Dabija lives in Moldova, a small Eastern European country. She has a strong traditional art background, a BA degree in Fine Arts/Graphic Design and 10 years of experience as a children's book illustrator. She works in both traditional and digital media and often mixes them to produce delicate and atmospheric illustrations with a traditional feel. She has illustrated about 25 children's books and she enjoys creating magic pictures and unique environments for her characters.

Reviews

"[A] contemplative and thought-provoking ode to the forms water takes and the functions it serves, both practical and whimsical." --starred, Publishers Weekly

-- (3/17/2014 12:00:00 AM)

"Dabija's illustrations, created with a combination of traditional and digital techniques and filled with simple shapes and vivid, vibrant colors, are misty, scratchy, sometimes-impressionistic, always atmospheric--in a word, beautiful....Kids of all ages will gain a new appreciation for water, and Salas and Dabija will surely gain new fans." --starred, Kirkus Reviews

-- (2/15/2014 12:00:00 AM)

"The text is perfect for creating mental images and showing children what the words look like. The traditional and digital media used for the illustrations create a delicate tone for the book. Each page has an ethereal beauty that brings the text to life." --School Library Journal

-- (3/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)

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