Cañon City Public Library

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to rivers. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

Story of how a typical river starts and ends.

Simple text and photographs provide facts about rivers.

This book describes rivers and their wildlife, including insects, salmon, turtles, beavers, otters, swallows, and snakes.

Once there was a river flowing through a forest. The river didn't know it was capable of adventures until a big bear came along. But adventures aren't any fun by yourself, and so enters Froggy, Turtles, Beaver, Racoons, and Duck. These very different animals take off downstream, but they didn't know they needed one another until thankfully, the river came along.

Briefly discusses the characteristics, origins, formation, and uses of rivers.

Describes how a river begins and grows and how it influences the land that it flows through. Also discusses the many ways people use rivers and the importance of keeping them clean and unpolluted.