Water Dance

By Thomas Locker

From a gentle mountain pond to a raging waterfall or from a silent ocean mist to a sparkling rainbow, dramatic text and paintings give water voice and substance in this tribute to water in all its glorious forms. Inspiring and informative, Water Dance is a poetic introduction to one of nature’s most basic elements. Scientific facts about water and its role in our lives are included. “Thirteen lushly romantic oil paintings, accompanied by spare, poetic text, offer viewers a sensuous introduction to the water cycle.”--The Bulletin

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jan 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9780547546414

Thomas Locker

THOMAS LOCKER has written and illustrated many award-winning books for children, including the companion titles Water Dance and Mountain Dance. He lives in Stuyvesant, New York.

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Reviews for Water Dance

[cheryl_in_cc_nv · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Pretty pictures, in the style of those big landscapes about conquering the American frontier, but the text was kinda poetical, kinda boring. Notes at the end to support the science of storm, lake, rain, river, etc.

[pussreboots · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Water Dance has to be one of the most beautiful picture books I've seen in a while. Another lovely picture book that also features oil paintings is called Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson.Water Dance follows the cycle of water from rain storm back along it's flow downhill to the sea, through evaporation and becoming rain again. Each page has a verse and a print of oil painting to compliment the words.My son enjoys books with simple rhymes and I enjoy books that are well illustrated. This book will be a perfect book to share over and over again.

[cwollan09 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Genre: PoetrySetting: 5 StarsReview: Water takes on many shapes and forms throughout our world. This book is a good example of poetry because it conveys expressions of emotions through the power of words. Media: oils on canvas

[nancyjensen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Thomas Locker blends beautiful oil paintings with scientific facts as he collaborates on this book with his science teacher wife, Candace Christianson. This is a science concept book that presents the water cycle-water in its various forms found in nature. The text effectively uses a first person voice, descriptive words and riddle format to engage students in each page: "I am....the rain, stream, river, sea, cloud, storm" etc. This is a book that I would like to own. I have used it as a read aloud with Pre K students as well as students in fourth grade. In fourth grade, I read the story first and then followed up with an inquiry based, hands on science lesson about the water cycle called, "the Incredible Journey."

[conuly · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It can be hard to write an educational picture book. You don't have any plot (or you DO and it feels tacked on and weird), and it may be a subject - like the water cycle - that seems to go best with dry, flat, boring diagrams with arrows on them.The author has completely eschewed the normal approach to go with beautiful, evocative paintings and poetry. It's not as informative, maybe, as an early science reader approach, but for an introduction to the subject or a younger child - or just for having around the house! - I think this is the better option. So get one standard, run of the mill book on the water cycle, but be SURE to get this one as well. You won't regret it.

[pamelasmith_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Grades K-6; In a classroom you could use this book for art or poem making.

[farbooann · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really love Locker's work, and this is a great example of his combination picture book/nonfiction work for children. The illustrations are magnificent.