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Children's Nonfiction Water (oceans, Lakes, Etc.)

Upstream, Downstream

Exploring Watershed Connections

by (author) Rowena Rae

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Initial publish date
Sep 2021
Category
Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.), Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459823945
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $24.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781459823921
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $19.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 9 to 12
  • Grade: 4 to 7
  • Reading age: 9 to 12

Description

Do you know your watershed address?

We all have one, whether we live high up in a mountain, on an inland prairie or near the coast. A watershed is an area of land that channels rain and snowmelt into streams, rivers and oceans. Our lives are deeply intertwined with land and water and all the connections between them. Day-to-day activities—like brushing our teeth, eating a meal, getting a ride in a car or even using an electronic device—have consequences for our own or someone else's watershed.

Over the centuries we've changed the land by farming it, cutting down the trees on it, digging into it and building on it. We've also learned how to control water—where it goes and how much flows. Upstream, Downstream explores the consequences of the pressures people place on watersheds and highlights some of the heroes making a difference for watersheds around world.

About the author

Rowena Rae worked as a biologist specializing in aquatic ecosystems in Canada and New Zealand before becoming a freelance writer, editor and children’s author. She is the author of Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids, as well as Chemical World and Upstream, Downstream in the Orca Footprints line. Rowena writes both fiction and nonfiction from her home in Victoria, British Columbia.

 

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Awards

  • Long-listed, The Nature Generation Green Earth Book Award
  • Long-listed, Green Earth Book Award
  • Commended, Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standards Selection
  • Commended, A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
  • Commended, Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard Selection

Editorial Reviews

“The combination of Rae’s interests and expertise has produced a book that will inform and engage young readers and encourage them to make a difference by getting involved. Highly Recommended.”

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

“Rae organizes her material well and presents it in a readable way, providing enough detail to make each section interesting, but always returning to the broader picture…An informative addition to the reliable Orca Footprints series.”

Booklist

“Engaging and ­informative. Recommended.”

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