Book Summary:
This book describes where water comes from, where it goes, and where it does not. It shows a couple of different climates to contrast. Rain and then desert. It encourages the reader to keep the water clean. It shows a mom and child as if she is telling the story of her water to her kid.
APA Reference of Book:
Lyon, G. E., & Tillotson, K. (2011). All the water in the world. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Impressions:
The illustrations in this book are very creative how they line up with the text. The text jumps around and is very eye catching. It seems like it is a poem and it is very lyrical, especially near the end of the book. I like how the book appears to be told by a mother. Often a line uses the word 'honey' and the first time I saw that '...till cool air bumps through and honey, those clouds just let it go...' I was confused thinking of the honey that bees make and was not sure of the connection. Perhaps it was lacking punctuation as the pattern of these words on this page is important. Overall, this book has a good message detailing the importance of water and how it helps the earth. I think this is a good book to share with kids.
Professional Review:
Children's Books
Picture Books
IT'S EASY READING GREEN
All the Water in the World George Ella Lyon, illus. by Katherine Tillotson. S&S/Atheneum/Jackson; $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7130-6
Pattern-driven digital illustrations pair with concrete verse to express water's cyclical nature: "Thirsty air/licks it from lakes/sips it from ponds/guzzles it from oceans/and this wet air/swirls up." In a bone-colored landscape in another part of the world, a child in a hut and wild animals in a barren tree await a gray storm cloud. When a torrent comes, a lullaby-like line assures: "Honey,/living things dream/of water," and a mother with long, brunette hair embraces her child, droplets from her hair coalescing into tiny animal silhouettes. A lyrical and bighearted outpouring. Ages 4-8. (Mar.)
[Review of the book All the Water in the World, by G. Lyon]. (2011). Publishers Weekly, 258(9), 54. Retrieved from http://www.publishersweekly.com/
Library Uses: Good for introducing an earth day program 
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