{"id":24847,"date":"2014-08-15T22:55:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T02:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=24847"},"modified":"2014-08-15T22:55:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T02:55:01","slug":"review-of-anna-carries-water-by-olive-senior-and-laura-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=24847","title":{"rendered":"Review of Anna Carries Water, by Olive Senior and Laura James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/anna_carries_water_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/anna_carries_water_large.jpg\" alt=\"anna_carries_water_large\" width=\"250\" height=\"222\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25194\" \/><\/a><em>Anna Carries Water<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Olive Senior<br \/>\nillustrations by Laura James<\/p>\n<p>Tradewind Books, 2014.  First published in Canada in 2013.  42 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>This is a lovely book that takes a situation that would be unfamiliar to most American children and deals with the universal emotions involved in that situation.<\/p>\n<p>Anna\u2019s family lives way out in the countryside, and they don\u2019t get their water from a tap.  Every evening after school, the children go to the spring for water.  All her bigger siblings carry the water back to the house on their heads.  More than anything, Anna wants to carry the water on her head, like they do.<\/p>\n<p>They tell her not to try \u2013 she\u2019ll get her clothes wet.  She cries when they are right.<\/p>\n<p>But her siblings aren\u2019t mean about it.  They tell her not to worry about it, one day it will just happen.  And the rest of the book tells about the day when it does.  This also has some humor and a relatable situation.<\/p>\n<p>The lovely bright paintings on large pages make the book beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>This book will make a wonderful choice for preschool storytime, but also for any child who wants to do things the bigger kids can do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradewindbooks.com\/\">tradewindbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1896580602\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/anna_carries_water.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/anna_carries_water.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Carries Water by Olive Senior illustrations by Laura James Tradewind Books, 2014. First published in Canada in 2013. 42 pages. Starred Review This is a lovely book that takes a situation that would be unfamiliar to most American children and deals with the universal emotions involved in that situation. 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