About this item
A lake turns into an island.A cozy bay into a secluded cape.A gulf with sea turtles transforms into a peninsula surrounded by pirate ships.This unique information book for the very young switches between bodies of water and corresponding land masses with the simple turn of a page. Readers will delight as the story of Water Land unfolds and will see just how connected the earth and the water really are. This book has Common Core connections.
About the Author
Christy Hale has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including six that she also wrote: The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan; Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building; Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World; Todos Iguales/All Equal: Un Corrido de/A Ballad of Lemon Grove; Out the Door (October 2020) ; and Copycat: Nature-inspired Design Around the World (Fall 2021) . An art director, designer, and educator, Hale teaches Writing for Picture Books at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She lives with her family in Palo Alto.
