A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder Contributor(s): Wick, Walter (Author), Wick, Walter (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0590221973 ISBN-13: 9780590221979 Publisher: Scholastic Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: April 1997 Annotation: The most spectacular photographs ever created on the subject of water appear in this unique science book by Walter Wick. The camera stops the action and magnifies it so that all the amazing states of water can be observed - water as ice, rainbow, stream, frost, dew. Readers can examine a drop of water as it falls from a faucet, see a drop of water as it splashes on a hard surface, count the points of an actual snowflake, and contemplate how drops of water form clouds. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Water (oceans, Lakes, Etc.) |
Dewey: 546.22 |
LCCN: 95030068 |
Age Level: 4-8 |
Grade Level: PreK-3 |
Lexile Measure: 870(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.2" W x 11.3" L (1.12 lbs) 40 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Awards: Bookseller's Choice, Winner, Nonfiction, 1998 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Winner, Nonfiction, 1997 |
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/1997 pg. 147 Booklist 02/01/1997 pg. 940 New York Times 05/18/1997 pg. 27 School Library Journal 03/01/1997 pg. 210 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 pg. 342 - Superior,Well Above Average Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1998 pg. 735 ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/1998 pg. 1219 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 25258 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The most spectacular photographs ever created on the subject of water appear in this unique science book by Walter Wick. The camera stops the action and magnifies it so that all the amazing states of water can be observed -- water as ice, rainbow, steam, frost, dew. Readers can examine a drop of water as it falls from a faucet, see a drop of water as it splashes on a hard surface, count the points of an actual snowflake, and contemplate how drops of water form clouds. Evaporation, condensation, capillary, attraction, and surface tension are explained through simple text and illustrated by pictures that reveal water in its many awesome transformations. The last pages of the book feature experiments that welcome the reader into the world of scientific investigation. In A Drop of Water, Walter Wick embraces two disciplines, art and science, and stimulates the reader as aesthetic and scientific observer. |
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