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Describes bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers, as well as land forms such as mountains, islands, valleys, and plains.

Explains that water is necessary to living things, describes the water cycle, and discusses foods that contain water, foods made with water, and the importance of clean water for health.

Provides information about water, looking at its different forms, where it comes from, how it is used, and water power.

Preteen sleuth Hannah West investigates an environmental mystery while staying in a houseboat on Seattle's Lake Washington.

Discusses the water cycle, including how pollutants in the atmosphere are changing life on Earth through global warming and acid rain.

Explains the cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation that provides fresh water to the earth and describes how this supply is brought to people's homes.

Presents information on how cities treat freshwater so that it is safe to drink, following it from underground wells and lakes to the faucet in the home.

Examines the origin of water, the structure of the water molecule, its properties and the ways in which water is exploited.

Describes how modern life is affecting ponds, rivers, and lakes globally and discusses possible ways of saving the endangered species in these waterways.

Examines how the demand for water is increasing with the growth of population, and describes the issues surrounding the use, supply, and conservation of water.

Answers the title question with a number of answers, such as rain, reservoirs, aquifers, and wells.

Explains how air and water pressure work and how they are used in machines.

Introduces children to water, using simple, repetitive text to explain what water is, how it transforms to different states, and what it is used for.

Photographs and simple text describe some of the many liquid and frozen solid forms of water, such as rain, tap water, frost, rivers, and icebergs.

Explains the many uses of water and how clean water gets to the household tap.