Title: The Water Princess (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317197/the-water-princess-by-susan-verde-with-georgie-badiel-illustrated-by-peter-h-reynolds/9780399172588/)

Author: Susan Verde & Georgie Badiel

Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds

Publication date: 2016

ISBN number: 9780399172588

Genre: Fiction

Approximate interest level: Grade K-3

Approximate text level: Grade 1-2

Narrative annotation: This book shows the perspective of a little girl named Gie Gie. She lives in a village in Africa where getting access to clean water is difficult. She carries a pot of water on her head and brings it home to boil, so that she is able to drink water. This story shows the hardship that she and many other people endure when trying to get clean water.

Selected Purpose: This text can be used in a social studies lesson or when teaching about different countries. Students will acknowledge how other people in different parts of the world live and the struggles to get clean water.

Illustrations: Warm and neutral colors throughout the book to enhance beautiful setting of the book.