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Droughts

Droughts

by Melis­sa Stewart

Harper­Collins, 2017

for ages 6–9

ISBN 978–0‑06238–666‑3 (HC)

ISBN 978–0‑06238–665‑6 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.

Every liv­ing thing on Earth needs water. But late­ly, some areas of our world have been unusu­al­ly warm and dry. Those are the con­di­tions that can cause a drought.

What exact­ly is a drought? Where and when do droughts hap­pen? What can we do to con­serve water, so that we have enough to drink, cook, and keep our­selves clean? In clear, sim­ple lan­guage, Droughts answers these ques­tions and shares basic infor­ma­tion about these increas­ing­ly com­mon weath­er events.

Honors and Awards

  • AAAS/Subaru Sci­ence Books & Film Prize for Excel­lence in Sci­ence Books finalist
  • Bank Street Col­lege of Edu­ca­tion Best Book
  • Cybils Award nominee
  • Trans­lat­ed into Korean

Reviews

“A sol­id resource for children’s sci­ence col­lec­tions.” (Book­list)

“A nec­es­sary read in today’s cli­mate.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Behind the Book

“When I start­ed writ­ing this book in March 2015, I thought: ‘This book will be great for kids in Cal­i­for­nia. Drought is a big prob­lem in the West­ern U.S.’ But by the time I reviewed the final art in Octo­ber 2016, I had a whole dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive. I knew the book could be used in class­rooms all over the country.

“What had changed? A drought had hit my home state of Mass­a­chu­setts. In July, my town announced a ban on all out­door water­ing. Soil dried out. Plants turned brown. Large tree branch­es start­ed to sag.

“Parts of New Hamp­shire, Maine, New York, Geor­gia, Mis­sis­sip­pi, Louisiana, Ten­nessee, and South Car­oli­na were just as dry. And no one was pre­pared. There’d nev­er been water short­ages in these places. This expe­ri­ence rein­forced what my research had revealed — drought can hap­pen any­where, any­time. It helped me see that this book would be an impor­tant resource for chil­dren everywhere.”

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Droughts

by Melis­sa Stewart

Harper­Collins, 2017

for ages 6–9

ISBN 978–0‑06238–666‑3 (HC)

ISBN 978–0‑06238–665‑6 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.