Go Green by Caring for Water by Lisa Bullard - OPTIONAL

Go Green by Caring for Water by Lisa Bullard, illustrated by Xiao Xin, 24 pages. NON-FICTION. Lerner, 2019. $17. 9781541520172

Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Divided into three chapters and told in first person, a girl talks about water. She shares simple facts, such as how the human body is more than half water, how most of our earth’s water is salty, and how litter can make our underground water dirty. She also shares what she is doing to help conserve water and keep it clean. One page of back matter offers additional suggestions for how to conserve water. There are questions scattered throughout asking the reader to reflect on what they are learning and what they can do to help. The book contains a table of contents, short glossary, and index, making it a good one to use to teach text features. 

Use this book is to introduce your youngest readers to the topic. It uses a child-like font and includes only one or two sentences in every text block. The series has six titles, all written by the same author and illustrated by one of two illustrators. This book’s illustrations feature bright colors, a narrator with an oversized head, and a blue dog.

P. K. Foster, teacher-librarian