Water, Robin McKinley
Water, Robin McKinley
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Water
Tales of Elemental Spirits

Author: Robin McKinley, Peter Dickinson

Narrator: Bianca Amato

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/05/2021


Synopsis

What magical beings inhabit Earth’s waters? Some are as almost-familiar as the mer-people; some as strange as the thing glimpsed only as a golden eye in a pool at the edge of the Great Desert Kalarsham, where the mad god Geljdreth rules; or
the unknowable, immense Kraken, dark beyond the darkness of the deepest ocean, who will one day rise and rule the world.

Here are seven tales from the remarkable storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson. Vividly imagined and written, they transform the simple element of water into something very powerful indeed.

About Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown, a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine. Her other books include the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; Deerskin, another novel-length fairy-tale retelling, of Charles Perrault's Donkeyskin; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bea on July 17, 2019

Lovely artwork, though I wish the water were more realistic. Young children are concrete thinkers. The text is good, simple but specific and relatable. 3.5 stars......more

Goodreads review by Julia on May 05, 2021

Title: Water Author: Frank Asch Genre: Water color Theme(s): water Opening line/sentence: Water is rain Brief Book Summary : This is a beautiful picture book expressing how water is many things. How the beautiful pictures grab the children's attention and the learning abilities created throughout the s......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on June 04, 2018

This book is very basic and just gives some facts about water. I liked it because of the colors of the book, it is very bright and the water is like a rainbow beautifully coloring each page... but this is also the same reason why I dislike it-the water is not realistic. It is a bit hard to understan......more

Goodreads review by Delaney on October 15, 2019

Water was an interesting book, but it wasn't my absolute favorite. I like the art in the book a lot, but not too much the text of the story. The art is full of colors and simple, which i like. The story is simple and easy to understand, so I can see why little kids would like the story. The colors m......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on March 16, 2020

The book Water itself is not the most interesting however, what stuck out to me was the art and pictures. I really enjoyed the water paint like pictures, it was extremely colorful in a calm way, not too overwhelming. I mostly enjoyed how the art was represented in so much color so tastefully. As for......more