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• Daisy Dawson on the Farm

  Voake, Steve

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  The weather is hot, hot, hot, and the farm animals are getting grumpy. The pigs are arguing with the chickens, and the ducks and newts are sad because their pond has dried up. Where will the water animals live? Luckily, they have the help…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Be Water-wise, Super Grover!

  Boothroyd, Jennifer, 1972-

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  Super Grover and his Sesame Street Friends want to help save water for everyone!

• The Storyteller

  Turk, Evan,

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  In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.

• Gooseberry Park and the Master Plan

  Rylant, Cynthia,

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  Stumpy, Murray, Gwendolyn, and Kona recruit Herman the crow and 200 owls to help with their Master Plan to assist the animals of Gooseberry Park that are in trouble because of a months-long drought in this middle grade reader.

• You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water!

  Canavan, Roger,

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  Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without clean water and describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water is not polluted or wasted.

• Meet Me at the Moon

  Marino, Gianna

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  Picture book featuring, Mama leaves Little One alone while she climbs the highest mountain to ask the skies for rain, but she promises that her love will remain all around.

• Papi's Gift

  Stanton, Karen

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  Graciela's Papi has been working in the United States for so long that she has almost forgotten his face, so when the box he promised for her seventh birthday does not arrive, she is very upset and nearly loses hope that he--and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Luz Makes a Splash

  Dávila, Claudia

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  When the city restricts water usage, Luz, with her friends and neighbors, strive to conserve and reuse what little water they have access to and protest the new soda factory using the spring water at a nearby pond.

• Water Is Water

  a Book About the Water Cycle

  Paul, Miranda,

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  A picture book exploring the different phases of the water cycle in surprising and engaging ways

• The Water Lady

  How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation

  McGinty, Alice B., 1963-

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  A Navajo boy named Cody finds that his family’s barrels of water are empty. He checks the chicken coop--nothing. He walks down the road to the horses' watering hole: dry. A few miles away, Darlene drives a school bus and picks up students…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where the Watermelons Grow

  Baldwin, Cindy,

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  In this middle grade reader, twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, who tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.

• We Are Water Protectors

  Lindstrom, Carole, 1964-

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  When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.

• Save Water Every Day

  Schuh, Mari C., 1975-

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  Teaches different ways that people can save water.

• The Great American Dust Bowl

  Brown, Don, 1949-

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  The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today. Presented in comic book format.

• Enough Water?

  a Guide to What We Have and How We Use It

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  Learn about "water footprints" and how much freshwater is used to produce goods and services such as manufacturing, growing, harvesting, packaging, and shipping to market.

• https://www.acwd.org/133/Water-Conservation

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  Check out the water conservation program at Alameda County Water District to learn more including tips on saving water at home.

• EBMUD water conservation and rebates

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  Learn about how to conserve water and save money on rebate programs at East Bay Municipal Utility District.