“Hale makes the absolute most of what a book can do, not only offering a visual experience
within the book itself but inviting the child to look beyond it.” —The Horn Book, Calling Caldecott
★ "There are fun details to pore over in each textured picture, which draw on Hale’s particular skill with
nature scenes, and the pages are sturdy, well designed, and quite charming." —Booklist, starred review
★ "Die-cuts serve both useful and playful purpose in this introduction to Earth's various meetings
of water and landforms. There is considerable bonus material in the form of a spectacular closing
foldout, three times the size of the book, with definitions of the geographic terms on one side
and the whole planet on the other, encouraging readers to use the map to explore these
land and water forms themselves.” —The Horn Book, starred review
First Place New York Book Show, Nonfiction
NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
CBCC Choices Selection
Top Ten Title New York Public Library
Chicago Public Library Best Informational Book
Booklist Editor’s Choice Top of the List
Nonfiction Detectives Best Science Books
Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year
★ starred reviews Booklist, The Horn Book
WATER LAND: Land and Water Forms Around the World
written and illustrated by Christy Hale
A Neal Porter Book/ Roaring Brook Press
Brightly illustrated environments showcase ten land and water masses. With each turn of a die-cut page comes a transformation; watch the shape of a lake become the shape of an island, a bay . . . a cape, a strait . . . an isthmus, and more. A chart defines each term, a large foldout world map introduces children to oceans and continents and pinpoints examples of the ten land and water forms.
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