or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Tell the Publisher!
I'd like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Color:
Image not available

To view this video download Flash Player

 

Water Dance [Paperback]

Thomas Locker
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

List Price: $7.00
Price: $6.30 & FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details
You Save: $0.70 (10%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Only 5 left in stock (more on the way).
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.
Want it Tuesday, May 28? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details

Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
Hardcover $12.70  
Paperback $6.30  
Image
Save on Popular Books This Summer
Browse our Bookshelf Favorites store for big savings on popular fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and more.

Book Description

April 1, 2002 4 - 8 years
Travel with author-illustrator Thomas Locker and follow our planet's most precious resource--water--on its daily journey through our world.

Frequently Bought Together

Water Dance + Cloud Dance + A Drop Around the World
Price for all three: $20.66

Buy the selected items together


Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-6. How does water dance? From rain, to river, to lake, to sea, to cloud, with half a dozen more sidesteps in the circle. Each step is dramatized here with one of Locker's romantic Catskills wilderness landscape?or seascape?paintings. Changes in season, atmosphere, time of day, or weather alter the light and the palette, which is fairly subdued until the final crimson sunset. Each facing page has a haiku-like text describing the specific phenomenon ("In thousands of shapes I reappear/high above the earth in the blue sky./I float./I drift.") followed by an italicized identification ("I am the clouds"). This riddlelike format could spark reader interaction. The paintings reappear, twice postage-stamp size, on the final three pages, each accompanied by a scientist's brief explanation of the water cycle's stages. This book is a happy marriage of art and science, although there is never a doubt as to the dominant partner.?Patricia Lothrop-Green, St. George's School, Newport, RI
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 3^-5. "Some people say that I am one thing. / Others say that I am many. / Ever since the world began / I have been moving in an endless circle . . . I am the rain." So begins the text of this unusual introduction to the water cycle. The book features a free-verse narrative illustrated by landscape and seascape paintings that show water in various forms referred to in the text: "I am the waterfall," "I am the clouds," or "I am the thunderhead." At the end of the book each picture appears in miniature accompanied by a paragraph explaining that particular phase of the water cycle. Those attracted to Locker's handsome artwork will find many beautiful and dramatic paintings here. Teachers may want to try this as a different approach to the water cycle. Although CIP places the book in the fiction collection, librarians may find it more useful in nonfiction collections, whether science or poetry, or shelved with Locker's other picture books. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Sandpiper; Reprint edition (April 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0152163964
  • ISBN-13: 978-0152163969
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 0.1 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
(13)
4.8 out of 5 stars
3 star
0
2 star
0
1 star
0
This book has absolutely gorgeous pictures. Kate  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
The author teaches us the story of water, or more specifically, the water cycle. D. Blankenship  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
His illustrations are outstanding and his poetry is charming. Janet M. O'connor  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Water Dance is a beautiful way to learn May 19, 2002
Format:Hardcover
Thomas Locker's beautiful oil paintings make "Water Dance" a work of art and a wonderful way for kids to learn about the water cycle.I decided to see what's out there for kids about water and began with "Water Dance," "Where the River Begins," and "Cloud Dance," all by Locker. I fell in love with his art and . . . also bought "Sky Tree" and several others.
I just published a review of approximately 20 kids water books titled "Teaching Children about the Hydrologic Cycle." To read, go to www.ndwc.wvu.edu and click on the current issue of "On Tap," a magazine about drinking water in small communities.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Water Dance by Thomas Locker December 12, 1999
Format:Hardcover
"Sometimes I cascade. I tumble down, down, over the moss-covered rocks, through the forest shadows. I am the mountain stream." Intriguing images of water dancing through the many stages of its cycle capture the young reader's attention in this informative, artistic book for five to eight year olds. Using a brilliant form of personification, Locker provides a deeper, more scientific understanding of concepts of water that children are already familiar with, such as rain, rivers and rainbows. The graceful, informative poetic verse on each page is accompanied by a beautiful illustration, all done in oils on canvas. For example, a stunning, lifelike portrait of a mountain stream careening through rocks and trees is featured on the adjoining page of the verse quoted above. A great complement to the text, the paintings are softer than photographs, yet just as realistic and appealing to the eye. At the end of the book, the reader finds a thorough and instructive lesson on the water cycle that is more densely written and in smaller print. This adds to the instructive nature of the book and would make an excellent contribution to a teacher's unit on the elements. All scientific information in the book was researched by Locker's writing partner Candace Christiansen, who is also an author and has taught science for many years. Water Dance is a fascinating, unique book; a treasure of the existing literary world.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Water Dance February 2, 2000
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
This review is by way of one of my 3rd grade students, who said that "this book is so beautiful that it make my heart hurt." After looking at the pictures and reading the wonderful descriptive phrases, I had to agree with her. It has become a favorite book to read when I need to quiet my classes down--and invariably, at least one student asks for the name and author so that they, too, can own it.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Water Dance is a nice book to share!
Delightfully written and the illustrations are amazing! I'm proud to have such a beautiful book as part of my classroom library so that I can share it with my students!
Published 4 months ago by BJB
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
This book is fantastic. If you are a teacher it is great to use when you are teaching personification. I highly recommend this product.
Published 19 months ago by rissa
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazon purchase "Water Dance"
This was a perfect book to add poetry and beauty to a science unit on land and water for fifth graders. Read more
Published on November 29, 2009 by Rebecca P. Wilkinson
4.0 out of 5 stars Poetry and science at once
It can be hard to write an educational picture book. You don't have any plot (or you DO and it feels tacked on and weird), and it may be a subject - like the water cycle - that... Read more
Published on August 22, 2009 by Ulyyf
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Pictures!!!
This book has absolutely gorgeous pictures. I bought this book as an aid while teaching the water cycle to my classes. Read more
Published on October 20, 2008 by Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT A DELIGHTFUL WAY TO TEACH AND LEARN.
This is probably one of the most useful books I have come across in recent years. It is a delight to the ear and the eye. Read more
Published on May 10, 2007 by D. Blankenship
5.0 out of 5 stars Artistic, Poetic and Educational?
Wonderful read for the whole family. This is a book we look forward to reading to our little one, over and over. Read more
Published on January 28, 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Inquisitive soon-to-be-4-year-old can't put it down!
I bought this book as a gift for my friend's son. He wanted to read over and over again for days (and it looks like this will continue for some time! Read more
Published on January 2, 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars The water cycle in verse and picture for the younger reader
Soft yet dramatic illustrations accompany this free verse story of the water cycle. The last four pages provide background information for the more advanced reader. Read more
Published on July 21, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! Visually pleasing and educationally informative
Thomas Locker has once again given us a feast for our eyes. His illustrations are outstanding and his poetry is charming. Read more
Published on February 26, 1999 by Janet M. O'connor
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Forums

There are no discussions about this product yet.
Be the first to discuss this product with the community.
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 



So You'd Like to...



Look for Similar Items by Category