The Incredible Water Show [Hardcover]

Debra Frasier (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

The kids from Debra Frasier's Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster are back! This time they're putting on a neighborhood play starring the world's most astounding combination of atoms--H20! Filled to the brim with scientifically accurate facts about water and water conservation, here is one wet-and-wild celebration you won't want to miss.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4–In order to earn extra credit, six fifth graders turn their science-fair project into a backyard play. As it begins, the children explain the chemical composition of water, its abundance on Earth, and the idea that it has been recycling for millions of years. Other scenes introduce the hydraulic cycle, describe water's erosive power, and highlight the effects of pollution, urging the audience to change habits and clean up the mess. The final spread shows the spectators playing with the scenery and props and interacting with the performers. With its bright, colored-marker cartoons and dialogue bubbles, this presentation is filled with exuberance. However, although the book offers a fun, attractive introduction to water, its treatment of the water cycle is a bit superficial. After describing how water heated by the sun evaporates "…into thin air," subsequent bubbles read: "Cool the air, and suddenly water reappears, SQUEEZING itself right out of the sky as mist or fog or rain or snow." There is a picture of a cloud, but there is no textual reference to cloud formation, or what would cause the air to cool, or why cooling leads to condensation. Still, Frasier's offering, with its snappy text, jazzy pictures, and upbeat tone, may inspire children to produce plays about their own subjects of study. The book's format makes it best for reading individually or sharing with a small group.–Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ
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About the Author

DEBRA FRASIER is the creator of the companion title, Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster, as well as Out of the Ocean and the bestselling classic On the Day You Were Born. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Vero Beach, Florida.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152162879
• ISBN-13: 978-0152162870
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 10 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DEBRA FRASIER is the author and illustrator of the picture book classic On the Day You Were Born. Her other books include Out of the Ocean, winner of the Southeast Booksellers Association Children's Book Award, and Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster, an IRA Teachers' Choice and an IRA-CBC Children's Choice, A Birthday Cake is No Ordinary Cake, and a Fabulous Fair Alphabet, a CCBC Children's Concept Book Selection. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and offers an award winning website for teachers and families at www.debrafrasier.com.

While well known for her talks on book creation and creative process for adults and children, Debra's work does not stop with the last page of a book. Often entire community projects grow around her titles:

On the Day You Were Born is given in hospitals to newborns, murals cover birthing center hospital walls, and a symphony travels the country blending music, pictures, and text.

Miss Alaineus offers the astonishing Vocabulary Parade, so don't miss the short videos at her website showing the book's process and a sample parade in a school. Thousands of schools participate every year! Kids go wild with creativity and imagination in designing vocabulary words into costumes. (www.debrafrasier.com)

A Birthday Cake Is No Ordinary Cake has served as the inspiration for numerous community service projects where young people make "cake boxes" for the local food shelves.

And, most recently, A Fabulous Fair Alphabet offers a game to play at your local fair! OR consider hosting an Alphabet Fair at your local school or community center, directions on the website! Watch the invitation-to-play video, filmed at the Minnesota State Fair where Debra served as the Author in Residence in 2010, hosting a vocabulary booth for thousands of participants. (Watch a summary of this fair project at her website.) Also, a virtual fair tour on the website will introduce the fair to anyone who longs to see animals, rides, and fair foods!

It's all at: www.debrafrasier.com!