Children's Nonfiction Water (oceans, Lakes, Etc.)
Making a Splash
How Humans Consume, Control and Care for Water
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- May 2025
- Category
- Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.), Experiments & Projects, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459838697
- Publish Date
- May 2025
- List Price
- $29.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
- Reading age: 9 to 12
Description
From where we live to what we eat, water plays a vital role in our survival.
Since ancient times, water’s life-giving power has inspired people’s spiritual beliefs. It has influenced how humans migrated around the world. Recently, human ingenuity has taken water from a drinking source to an energy source, though not without consequences. As our population grows, cities expand and climate changes, what is the future of water? Innovations are making water equitable and accessible for all. Water warriors, determined to repair, protect and conserve water, are also shifting the mindset from humans needing water to water needing us. Making a Splash: How Humans Consume, Conserve and Care for Water looks at what has been done in the past and what can be done in the future to ensure the health and prosperity of our blue planet.
About the authors
An author and junior high school teacher who also enjoyed many years of teaching kindergarten, Colleen Nelson earned her Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba in her hometown of Winnipeg. Her previous works include the critically-acclaimed middle-grade novels Harvey Comes Home and Harvey Holds His Own; Sadia, which won the 2019 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award; and Blood Brothers, which was selected as the 2018 McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People. Colleen writes daily in between appearances at hockey rinks and soccer fields in support of her two sports-loving sons. The family’s West Highland Terrier Rosie adds an extra-loveable dose of liveliness, squirrel-chasing, and shoe-chewing to their lives.
Sophie Dubé is a Canadian illustrator and concept artist. She graduated with honours from the Sheridan College illustration program and has worked as an art director for Zazie Films. Sophie lives in Vancouver, where she enjoys taking her sketchbook along for hikes and camping trips.
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