Presents the water cycle through the journey of a raindrop around the world, in sky, on land, underground, and in the sea, in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms, as it supports life everywhere.

"New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of the environment. Reaching this understanding will require both exploratory research to better understand how the natural environment functions, and problem-driven research, to meet needs such as flood protection, supply of drinking water, irrigation, and water pollution....

Join the class as they evaporate, condense, rain, and make their way back to the ocean, only to evaporate all over again.

Originally published in the United Kingdom by Top That! Publishing, 2013.

Introduces young children to the water cycle with simple text and illustrations.

As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.