When the World Runs Dry
Earth's Water in Crisis
$38.82
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2022
Summary
What would you do if you turned on the faucet one day and nothing happened? What if you learned the water in your home was harmful to drink? Water is essential for life on this planet, but not every community has the safe, clean water it needs. In When the World Runs Dry, award-winning science writer Nancy Castaldo takes readers from Flint, Michigan, Newark, New Jersey, to Iran and Cape Town, South Africa, to explore the various ways in which water around the world is in danger, why we must a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781616209711 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1616209712 |
| Author: | Nancy F. Castaldo |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 156mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
A Skipping Stones Award Honoree Short-listed for the Green Earth Book Award A Junior Library Guild Selection
“This refreshingly (no pun intended) readable and engrossing book on the state of the world’s water supply is an important read.” –Youth Services Review, 5-star review
“This is the book to read if you want to go from depressed to fired-up and ready for action.” –Audubon
“The narrative balances wide-ranging information with accessible prose … [an] invaluable tome that underscores an imperative crisis.” –Publishers Weekly
“Impeccably researched and sourced … This book holds substantial value as a classroom text.” –Booklist
About The Author
Nancy F. Castaldo
Nancy F. Castaldo has been writing about the planet for over 20 years. She’s contributed to the Sierra Club Waste Paper, NRDC’s Personal Action column, and others. She is the author of many STEM books including, Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World, Back from The Brink: Saving Animals From Extinction, and Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.
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