I Am Water

by Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt (Illustrations)

Simple text and colorful cut-paper illustrations combine in a celebration of the beauty and usefulness of water that depicts such objects as a rainy day, steam cooking, and ice cubes.

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Spanish Literature, Nonfiction, Childrens, School

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Jean Marzollo was an American children's author and illustrator best known for the I Spy series, a best-selling and award-winning collection written entirely in rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Walter Wick. Over her career, she wrote more than 100 books for children, parents, and educators, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20, The Little Plant Doctor, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Born and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the University of Connecticut and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught high school English and later worked in educational publishing, serving for 20 years as editor of Scholastic’s Let’s Find Out Magazine. Later in life, she began illustrating her own books.

Reviews

[Su · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly an inspirational read. Shows you how valuable water is and how much our lives are enriched with the presence of different forms of it.

I’ll be reading this again in the future with my kids. (Maybe lovingly maybe threateningly on how much they need me to survive hehehe).

[Maggie Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading I Am Water, it always the reader to open their eyes to all the functions of water that we use today. It makes you look at a cycle of the way that water is used. The importance of the book shows excellent images to allow students to relate their experiences of working with water. This book would be an excellent read aloud for young readers because this will hold their attention by not having too much text. Not only that, but the text and illustrations work together to allow the students to interpret what is going on throughout the plot. In each text, the words are bolded to stand out and keep their attention. I love that this book shows a diverse group of characters within the book. It also shows the different seasons of the year and what form whatever is in and how it functions during the season. This is an amazing science book to look at seasons, different forms of water: solid liquid, and gas. This book has many forms it can be used when reading to your students, in which you can do different elements of the story.

[Katrina Tangen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations! (They are photographs of felt figures and they do really interesting things with them, particularly in this one.)

[Jessie Drew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a truly excellent book- especially the illustrations. Perfectly executed. My first grader and I read it together & would recommend it!

[Elijah Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book over water as a resource through a child's eyes. It is greatly illustrated and teaches students the different uses for water on our planet.

[Emma Cochran · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute illustrations and a fun way to teach students about the many uses of water!

[Lila Danisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was simple yet educational. My son loved the illustrations. They represented each function of water in our life. It was easy to read to my son and my son easily understood it.

[zhanghao · Rating 5 out of 5]

The description of water was amazing.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book. It gave a brief introduction to the science behind water. I loved the illustrations. There is an experiment in the old 4-H weather book that would go well with this, you show water in some of its different states. We could not use a stove in class though, we would have to place a bag of water in the window for that stage.

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Interest Level
Grades PreK - 3
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 1.5
Lexile® Measure: BR30L
DRA: 8
Guided Reading: E
Type of Book: Begining Reader Book
Genre
Series
Theme/Subject
Early Science
Rain
Oceans, Lakes, Rivers

[Shannon Stinnette · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very informative fiction book for beginning readers. It has simple words and short sentences for young children. The illustrations are extremely colorful and this will appeal to children. In a classroom I would use this book to connect science with reading. It is very informative for all of the uses of water and where water comes from. For reading, the repetitive aspect of the words "I am" will help early readers.

[Meredith Bush · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am Water is a simple read about all the purposes and forms of water. The book talks about water being home for the fish, rain for the earth, humans drink it, plants use it grow, etc. It would be a good book to read to students during a science unit about water. Children can easily see the various usages of water.

[Cornelius · Rating 4 out of 5]

For kindergarten children, I would use this book for science to teach children the usages of water. The book tells children about the usage of water, how water is home for fishes, used by us to drink, help plants grow, use for bathing, cooking, swimming, and playing.

[Kelli Dana]

Science Fiction:
This book is excellent for teaching students about where watcher comes from and all the ways in which it is used. It is classified as a fiction book because of the pictures and the writing style of the book. This book would best be used in either prek or kindergarten.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has been in my car, tucked into the back pocket of my driver’s side chair for years. On the way to get Daphne’s two month vaccines, Brian read it to her and explained, in great scientific detail, why water is less dense when frozen unlike most other matter.

[Christi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for PB. Educational. Eco-friendly. haha.

[Dianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first-grade son loves this book—and all the books in the series—because it is simple enough to read by himself, and because the cut-paper illustrations are fascinating to look at.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy reader creatively illustrated with paper cutouts.

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beginning science book about water, both were we find it and how we use it. The cut paper pictures are incredible. A Hello Reader Level 1 Science book.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

An introduction to water for young readers.

[Nojood Alsudairi · Rating 5 out of 5]

An introduction to water.

[Kest Schwartzman · Rating 2 out of 5]

the faux cut-paper illustrations are cute, but.... the limited palate makes all the kids white, even those who are probably meant to be other races.