An Adventure Through the Water Cycle with Drip the Raindrop

by Cara Moyers, Charlie Astrella (Illustrator)

Overview

Drip the Raindrop is always nonstop! Come along with Drip as he goes on his continuous journey through the water cycle. Readers will love following Drip and discovering how he changes as he goes from his home in a puddle on the ground to being evaporated into a cloud and continues through his transformations with his water droplet friends. Each step of Drip's journey is illustrated to help readers understand the process and visually engage with each stage of the cycle.

Featuring a beautiful arlin paper cover with foil text enhancements and educational back matter including a glossary and fully illustrated water cycle, this book introduces a new understanding of how water moves and changes and helps develop an understanding of one of our planet's most constant cycles.

In partnership with Trees for the Future (TREES) whos’ mission is to end hunger and poverty by training farmers to regenerate their land.  Trees for the Future is funded by incredible individuals, brand partners, foundations, and philanthropic partners dedicated to a more sustainable future for our planet and people.  With every purchase of this book a donation is made to plant a tree!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781486721085
Publisher:	Flowerpot Press
Publication date:	09/07/2021
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	AD960L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Cara Moyers is a college student who loves literature, environmental science, poetry, and plants. She is eighteen years old and has been writing stories since kindergarten. She also enjoys traveling, going on adventures, and making new friends. Drip the Raindrop was inspired by one of her favorite things—a rainy day walk with her family and is her first published book. 

Charlie Astrella graduated from the University of Teesside with a First Class Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Animation. He now works in 3D modeling, animation, and 2D illustration to create works of art he is proud of. He has experience in advertising, product design, video games, and children’s books.

Editorial Reviews

"Colorful and cheery"

Youth Services Book Review

2021-06-29
An anthropomorphized raindrop leads readers on a simplified trip through the water cycle.

On the first page, narrator Drip’s pictured as a raindrop with big eyes, smiling mouth, and skinny arms; their journey begins on the next spread in a puddle as they wait for the sun to come out and warm the water. Ghostlike, Drip rises into the air, looking down on all the activity below. Drip joins other “H₂O friends” in a cloud as they all form raindrops again and fall during a storm. Drip falls into a mountain stream and then lands back in their puddle before the whole thing starts over again. Moyers’ format and subject don’t always mesh, the cutesy rhyming verses and bouncy meter sometimes forcing word choices that oversimplify the process and/or make it difficult to use solid scientific terms: “Just as I thought, / the puddle gets hot / and up into the air I go! // Now I’m water vapor! / I’m lighter than paper / in a process called evaporation.” Astrella’s animation-inspired scenes look three-dimensional, Drip especially standing out against the backdrop. Backmatter includes a prose summary of other adventures Drip might have within the water cycle (for example, transpiration, groundwater flow), a glossary, and two activities (cloud in a bottle and an evaporation experiment).

Not a solid choice for science learning. (Informational picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews