"Water is dew. Water is ice and snow." No matter what form it
takes, seldom has plain old water appeared so colorful as in this
rainbow-hued look at rain, dew, snowflakes, clouds, rivers, floods,
and seas. Asch celebrates water's many forms with a succinct text
and lush paintings done in mostly in softly muted watercolors of
aqua, green, rose, blue, and yellow. They look as if they were
created with a wet-on-wet technique that makes every hue lightly
bleed into its neighbor. Water appears as ribbons of color, one
sliding into the other, while objects that are not (in readers'
minds) specifically water-like - trees, rocks, roots - are
similarly colored. Perhaps the author intends to show water is
everything and everything is water, but the concept is not fully
realized for this age group. The whole is charming, but more
successful as art than science. Catalogued as nonfiction, this will
be better off in the picture book section. (Kirkus Reviews)
Water is beautiful and useful and, in its many forms, vital to
life. In this lyrical companion to "The Earth and I, " Frank Asch
encourages young readers to appreciate anew one of our most
precious resources.
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