![]() Younger children can easily follow pictures and poem to connect a puddle soaking the roots of a tree with the apples pressed into cider in the next spread older listeners and independent readers can turn to the back pages and learn about “seepage,” “uptake,” and the watery composition of the apples that are squeezed for their liquid. While the states of water are described in everyday language throughout the linked verses, a concluding note, with thumbnails referring to specific points in the text, offers additional information and more precise terminology. ![]() it falls down.” Here they arrive at school just in time for the “patter. ![]() Twisty./ Where is the town?/ Fog is fog unless. they form low.” A page turn moves the cloud-gazing kids from summer into autumn, where they stand among fallen leaves and wait for their school bus to emerge over a fog-banked rise: “Misty. Vapor that cools high in the sky takes on fascinating shapes: “A dragon in a wagon?/A crow kneading dough?/ Clouds are clouds unless. As a sister and brother pass through a cycle of seasons, occupied with play, school, and family time, the water that nurtures their world undergoes continual change. ![]()
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