Water Resources

Below we have put together a table which organizes a variety of different books to use in your instruction of water. The name of the book, the author and the certain topics which it discusses are indicated in the table.

Key to the table:

What is water?
What makes water precious?
How do we use water?
How do we care for water?

Title	Author	Publisher/Year	1	2	3	4
A fish of the world	Terry Jones	Pavilion, 1993	X		X
Jilly's boat trip	Mairi Hedderwick	Red Fox, 1993			X
Let's explore science: water and floating	David Evans	Dorling Kindersley, 1993	X
One muddy puddle	L.Graham-Yooll	Ragged Bears, 1993				X
The price of water (in the Green Umbrea)	WWF	A and C Black, 1991				X
The magic bus at the waterworks	Joanna Cole	Kingfisher, 1991	X			X
The water's journey	Eleonore Shcmid	North-South Books, 1990	X	X
When dad fills in the garden pond	Pam Ayres	Walker Books, 1990				X
One world	Michael Foreman	Anderson Press, 1990		X		X
Sophie and Jack in the rain	Judy Taylor	The Bodley Head, 1989	X
Where the forest meets the sea	Jeannie Baker	Walker Books, 1987		X		X

Below you will find a list of books which contain songs about water.

From Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays, Beall and Nipp, Price/Stern/Sloan, (1979)

"Rain, Rain Go Away," p.34
"It's Raining, It's Pouring," p.34
"There is Thunder," p.32

From Piggyback Songs, Warren, Warren Publishing House (1984)

"It Is Raining," p.28
"Under the Rainbow," p.28
"Flower Garden," p.29
"Rain Song," p.28
"I'm a Fish," p.32
"Trash," p.36

Below you will find a list of fingerplays about water.

From More Over, Mother Goose!, Dowell, Gryphon House (1987)

"A Friendly Frog," p.8
"A Frog on a Log," p.9
"Pitter, Patter, Scatter," p.58
"Humpback," p.42
"Ringo, Flamingo," p.52
"Oh! to be. . .Beach," p.62

From Rhymes for Fingers and Flannelboards, Scott and Thompson, Dennison (1984)

"Raindrops," p.125
"The Rain," p.125

Below you will find a list of films, filmstrips and videos about water.

January Productions Sound Filmstrips: Let's Find the Pollution Solution, "The Cloudmaker"/"The Day the Litter Talked"/"A Sad Day for Mr. Bear"/"The Stream Lost Its Friends"/"21 Maple Street", teacher's guide included.
Storybook/Cassette/Filmstrips:Peter Spier's Rain and Houses from the Sea by Alice Goudey.

Below you will find a PowerPoint presentation about water. The Wonderful World of Water, provides some basic facts about water. This presentation can be downloaded to your computer by clicking on its title.

The Wonderful World of Water

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