Making a Splash

Key Selling Points:

• This STEM title explores the human relationship with water from the past, present and into the future. The chapters discuss how water has influenced and informed human settlement, agriculture, invention and innovation, spirituality, exploration, water security, water equity and the current climate crisis.
• Challenges young readers to think about the role water has in their lives and how they can take action to protect it for the future.
• This book balances the good and the bad in our relationship with water. It examines global warming, pollution, waterborne illnesses, rising oceans and water inequity, but also dives into conservation projects, innovative sustainable technology and the stories of the people who are protecting water around the world.
• It features water conservation projects such as the Indigenous-led Seal River Initiative in Manitoba and water warriors fighting to protect the Amazon River.
• Colleen Nelson is an award-winning children's author and teacher. This is her first nonfiction title with Orca.