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Water Can Be…

Water Can Be…

Water Can Be... - cover - hi-res

Water can be a…Thirst quencher…Kid drencher…Cloud fluffer…Fire snuffer…

Maybe you thought water was just for drinking and baths. But it does so much more! It gives us sprinklers to run through and ice cubes to cool our drinks and comfort owies. It shifts from water to fog to snow and ice. It gives life but also creates monstrous storms. Find out about the many roles water plays in this brief, poetic exploration of water throughout the year. Backmatter gives more thorough information.

Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrator: Violeta Dabija

Publisher: Millbrook Press, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4677-0591-2

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Awards & Recognition

  • Minnesota Book Award Finalist
  • Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended title
  • Texas Library Association’s 2×2 List
  • ALSC’s Building Steam with Dia book list
  • RIF’s 2015 Multicultural Booklist
  • Houston ISD Name That Book Contest
  • Bill Martin Jr., Picture Book Award Nominee
  • Nerdy Award for Poetry

FREE Downloadables

  • Water Can Be – Maze
  • Water Can Be – Water Cycle
  • Water Can Be – Snowman List Poem
  • Water Can Be – Fun with a Wordle of Water Words
  • Water Can Be – Classroom Guide
  • Water Can Be – CCSS Guide
  • write a Can Be… book–lesson plan and templates for students!

My Partnership with WaterAid

  • Water Can Be – WaterAid Press Release
  • Here’s how much I’ve donated from Water Can Be…‘s royalties so far–THANK YOU for making this possible!

Book Trailers and Content Videos

More videos made by Laura:

  • Book trailer with Laura and her family
  • WaterAid and the water crisis
  • The 3 forms of water
  • The water cycle

Reviews & More

  • starred Kirkus review: “The simple text and spot-on rhymes belie the sophistication of the inherent message behind the verse—water is a life-giver.”
  • starred PW review: “Salas and Dabija follow 2012’s A Leaf Can Be… with an equally contemplative and thought-provoking ode to the forms water takes and the functions it serves, both practical and whimsical.”
  • Water Can Be – Pinterest Board for Educators
  • How Books Change Us: The Writing of Water Can Be… (Nerdy Book Club blog post)
  • Spotlight on Laura Purdie Salas and Poetry Prompt (Ditty of the Month Club blog post)

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Signed, personalized books?

You can get them easy peasy! Just order through Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, MN! I'll zip by and sign it for you, and they'll send it on its way. Click on any book below to order.

Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter, by Laura Purdie Salas and Claudine Gévry (Millbrook Press) In the Middle of the Night Snowman - Cold = Puddle
If You Were the Moon A Rock Can Be... - cover - hi-res Water Can Be...

A Can Be… Project for Students

Looking for a terrific student informational writing project? Use Laura's Can Be... books as mentor texts, and watch students dive in to informational writing through classroom or individual books. This is a great project for research, text structure, patterns, and integrating illustrations and text. Click here for info about writing nonfiction Can Be... books at school. Includes a video, templates, and complete lesson plan!

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