List of titles in Series 737 water fiving things ducks and swans the tree and its world man in the ait air man and bis car seals and whales lions and tigers reptiles man on the sea deserts dinosaurs the stream castles coffee baby animals fire roads chocolate and cocoa ‘song birds bread tains polar regions bridges ‘mountains homes forests feaves teeth soldiers islands sounds fruit big animals bears and pandas under the ground tea apes and monkeys HyeieitiesererenteeReeOMN TSBN O-7214-03b4-b sbisets ahd reading ages. White for a de-illdsteated list from the publishers: ADYBIRD BOOKS LTD. sughhoroughiLeicestorshire England B02 40364"to teachers and parents This is a LADYBIRD LEADER book, one of a series specially produced to meet the very real need for carefully planned first information books that instantly attract enquiring minds and stimulate reluctant readers. The subject matter and vocabulary have been selected with expert assistance, and the brief and simple text is printed in large, clear type. Children’s questions are anticipated and facts presented in a logical sequence. Where possible, the books show what happened in the past and what is relevant today. Special artwork has been commissioned to set a standard rarely seen in books for this reading age and at this price. Full-colour illustrations are on all 48 pages to give maximum impact and provide the extra enrichment that is the aim of all Ladybird Leaders.© LADYBIRD BOOKS LTD MCMLXXVI rhs reserved. No part of this publeation Mey be reproduced, stored ina fi es eis, Nansanted in-ay form ot by, theans, electron, mech ee ee eectothag ‘or ohermise, hou the anor consent OF the Sopyrght owner A Ladybird Leader water Written by James Webster Mlustrated by Gerald Witcomb Ladybird Books LoughboroughMore than half the world is covered by water A spaceman might see the world like He might see it like this. this. He sees that there is more water than land.Where rain comes from Air over the sea is damp. Clouds are made of tiny water droplets. The sun warms the damp air When the droplets get bigger, which then rises and cools. they fall as rain. Clouds are then formed.Every living thing needs water We cannot live without water. Elephants wash and cool themselves People, animals, birds and insects with water. must have water.There is water in every living thing Most of your body is flesh and blood. Most fruit and vegetables are pulp and juice. Flesh and blood, pulp and juice are mostly water.12 How plants and trees get water Rain soaks into the soil. Trees draw it up through their roots. Flowers draw it through their roots or stems. Leaves can take in water. Plants die without water a cactus Deserts are very dry. Only plants like the cactus can live in deserts. A cactus can store water.How people got water long ago a well In olden days, people had to live near} Today, water comes to us in pipes. @ stream or river. We just turn a tap to get water. Later some had a pump or a well.Where our water comes from Some of our water is taken from rivers. Some comes from reservoirs. Reservoirs are lakes made by man. Some valleys have been flooded to make reservoirs.18 Water that you drink All drinks have water in them. Milk is nearly all water. So are tea and coffee. Think of some other drinks. Water that you cannot drink Shipwrecked sailors must not drink sea-water. It is too salt. They can have water all round them and still die of thirst. 19Water in the kitchen @ washing machine! a dishwasher another sort of dishwasher Meals would be very different withou Clothes and dishes could not water. be washed without water. There would be no boiled eggs, no boiled vegetables and no jellies.Water for washing Water for warmth a radiator a hot water bottle Water can keep you warm. Hot water radiators and hot water bottles give out heat. You need water to have a bath, to clean your teeth, or wash your hair. 22 23Water for cleaning Water in factories Water cleans easily. We wash many things with it. Think of some things we wash with water. Factories use millions of litres of water. More water will have to be found. Pure water is getting scarce. 24 25Water always flows down Suck water right up a tube. Pinch the end. Rivers flow down to the sea. Water from toilets and drains flows down to sewers. on See what happensPower from water @ power station worked by water ee ae Falling water can turn turbine engines to make electricity. 2830 Water can turn to steam When water is heated it turns to steam. You can see this when a kettle boils. Power from steam Some ships are driven by steam turbines. Some trains are still pulled by steam engines. awWater can freeze a hailstone an ice crystal a snowllake an iceberg Water takes up more space when it Ice can be thick enough to skate on. freezes. This can crack a pipe. When the ice melts, the pipe leaks. 32 ee34 Water can be dangerous thin ice can break Boiling water is dangerous. Fog, ice and snow on the roads are dangerous. Thin ice is dangerous. Heavy rainstorms and high tides may cause flooding. Homes and roads can be washed away. a536 Saving life from water alife-belt a helicopter j Here are some of the ways that life is saved from water. At dangerous places there are often life-belts or a life-line. Saving life with water People can be trapped in burning buildings. Firemen try to put out the flames with powerful water-jets. 27Water for cooling Water, steam and cooling Cold water can cool your body. Water is used to cool steam Water cools some car engines. in the power station. The water becomes warm and is then cooled in these towers. 38 BeWater for pleasure Life would be dull without water. We would have no fishing, boating, swimming or winter sports. Snow is frozen water.42 Water can be a home the seal has lungs Many things make their homes in water. Some can stay under the water all the time. Others come up for air. the whale has lungs Fish can stay under water all the time because they have gills. Whales, porpoises and seals have lungs. They come up for air. PaOnce this pond was a home for many living things. People dumped rubbish in it. Now nothing can live there. 45Water can be beautiful when light shines on it or through it or city. Water droplets in the sky give us rainbows and glorious sunsets. |) 6A: AT | | Water can be beautiful A fountain can add beauty to a town | |Water has a kind of ‘skin’ This insect can walk on water. It can do this because water has a kind of skin. 48Water can be Water can go shallow fast Water can be Water can go deep slowly Water can be Water can A steam dissolve things Water can be Water can solid dilute drinksHow a tap works Water in the house The tap is turned off, $0 the water cannot ‘Dass the Washer. The tap is now turned on, the washer has lifted and the water can flow out of the top ‘water heater | ' | | kitchen sink a This is how a tap washer works. A worn tap washer will let the water He is ee ae cold water drip from the tap. lows round a house. This wastes water.