BAREFOOT BOOKS Water A Deep Dive of Discovery WRITTEN BY Christy Mihaly ILLUSTRATED BY Mariona Cabassa Barefoot Books Step inside a story
Raindrops Fall around the Globe Plip Plop Plitter Plosh What happens to the rain Where does the water go Raindrops fall from the clouds onto rooftops and umbrellas cars and gardens Follow me I’ll show you SPLASH Onto a roof down to the pavement across the road SWIRL Other drops join in and we flow along collecting dirt oil maybe an insect or two 4 SWOOSH We stream faster and wider down the hill into brooks and rivers onwards towards the sea
Raindrops fall around the world onto cities and forests and fields They sink into soil and plop into puddles Eventually in a day or a month or over many years the water will find its way to the ocean Earth’s ocean covers most of the planet’s surface The oceans are so vast that when astronauts look down from space Earth looks mostly blue But Earth’s water doesn’t just sit there It’s in motion even within the ocean I travel all around the ocean from the Come on let’s explore the world of water Arctic to Antarctica and back 5
