All The Water In The World / Toda El Agua Del Mundo (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
All the water in the world by George Ella Lyon and Kathrine Tillotson expresses the importance of water. Water is used for almost everything in our Utopia. Water is consumed by individuals every day of the year. Water comes from the water that is evaporated from lakes, rivers, and oceans. Then it is stored in the clouds until they are full. Once the clouds are full the rain pours from the sky for various amounts of time. This book is considered to be in the category informational picture books. This book has amazing graphics. The illustrations are mostly made up of the colors blue, green, gray and white. The color blue is used to represent the water that is flowing throughout the world. There are many different lines throughout the story to express movement. An example is when it shows the water is moving with the fish swimming. I really like this book because it teaches children the importance of conversation. All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon had some appealing aspects for children, but the content was not quite there. Katherine Tillotson did such a great job illustrating this book. I really enjoyed the almos. Collage style images and the way the words fit into the illustrations. It was great to have the page that must be turned to view vertically. This variation in the page setup entertains the eye and draws you further into the artistic aspect. The illustrations lead your eye across the entire page, one page of pipes sending the water from place to place leads your eyes across both pages. However, while the illustrations were wonderful the content was not as thrilling. Some of the writing stemmed to be so poetic that the concerts of water were almost lost. It spoke about the water from waterfalls and ponds, but this is such a basic idea it does not really inform children. The water cycle is briefly covered, but the poetic language abstracts the concept. The book does end with a very great message about saving water and keeping it clean, which is the best written part.
What do You think about All The Water In The World / Toda El Agua Del Mundo (2011)?
Love the word choice and illustrations. Beautiful book to share in a science unit about cycles.
—nagapie
Beautiful illustrations in this simple story on conservation that is perfect for a read aloud.
—lori
lovely perspective on the water cycle--great illustrations and interesting use of text
—Kieren
