The Water Princess

Based on supermodel Georgie Badiel s childhood, a young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African villageWith its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie s kingdom is a beautiful land But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer she cannot make it run clearer Every morning, she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well Instead of a crown, she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water After the voyage home, after boiling the water to drink and clean with, Gie Gie thinks of the trip that tomorrow will bring And she dreams She dreams of a day when her village will have cool, crystal clear water of its own. Read The Water Princess – kino-fada.fr This definitely is a good read a loud that teaches children about how the world doesn t necessarily have the same amount of clean drinking water for everyone Some people have to walk miles everyday just to get clean drinking water The artwor...Stunning A great conversation starter about different life experiences making a difference.In Africa, water is precious because it is scarce In some villages there isn t even a well yet, so the women must go to collect some from the river every day It is hard work, and the water itself isn t even clean The Water Princess, a story based on the childhood experiences of Georgie Badiel, brings this issue to the fore in a heartfelt way In it, a young girl named Gie Gie imagines herself a princess who can control all around her, all except water, which refuses to listen Her childlike g In Africa, water is precious because it is scarce In some villages there isn t even a well yet, so the women must go to collect some from the river every day It is hard work, and the water itself isn t even clean The Water Princess, a story based on the childhood experiences of Georgie Badiel, brings this issue to the fore in a heartfelt way In it, a young girl named Gie Gie imagines herself a princess who can control all around her, all except water, which refuses to listen Her childlike games end when the day starts and she and her mother head off to collect water Once they return home, they have to complete all the other chores Despite the hardships we perceive they face, their lives are not only hard...Not to be able to receive an education because you spend your day every single day of your life just trying to gather the neccesities to survive it s unimaginable, but it s reality for so much of the world The Water Princess doesn t preach or beat the reader over the head rather, it invites the reader to walk along the characters and visit Gie Gie and her family for just one day to experience what it is like to live without daily water accessible whenever we want A very powerful message to Not to be able to receive an education because you spend your day every single day of your life just trying to gather the neccesities to survive it s unimaginable, but it s reality for so much of the world The Water Princess doesn t ...Looking forward to reading the author s notes in the finished copy The artwork is stunning and the story is powerful.A beautiful, important book about a young girl in Burkina Faso who must travel with her mother to get water She wishes water would come easily as if you could open a tap in your own home but that s not the way it works for her village She and her mother make the long hard trek to the well and back, stopping at the well to have a little fun and socialize The back of the book has information on the Georgie Badiel foundation Badiel is a model and this story is based on her life Her found A beautiful, important book about a young girl in Burkina Faso who must travel with her mother to get water She wishes water would come easily as if you could open a tap in your own home but that s not the way it works for her village She and her mother make the long hard trek to the well and back, stopping at the well to have a little fun and soc...Short, yet powerful phrases tell the trials of how one out of six human beings endure a lack of access to clean water Women and girls are the usual servants to the daily treks miles away to and from water holes, thereby eliminating any possibility of schooling The voice in this is spot on The ill...The Water Princess is about a girl named Gie Gie and how she had to travel miles everyday just to have access to water It described how she had to wake up, before the sun rose, walk over 4 miles to get water and then spend the rest of the day walking back Gie Gie and her mom wouldn t return until sun down Then they would clean the water in order to drink it, cook with it and clean their clothes with it Then the process would happen again the next day This book is a wonderful depiction of a The Water Princess is about a girl named Gie Gie and how she had to travel miles everyday just to have access to water It described how she had to wake up, before the sun rose, walk over 4 miles to get water and then spend the rest of the day walking back Gie Gie and her mom wouldn t return until sun down Then they would clean the water in order to drink it, cook with it and clean their clothes with it Then the process would happen again the next day This book is a wonderful depiction of a high fashion model, Geor...Interesting and eye opening butnot much in the way of a plot.A beautiful story that will engage and educate all readers about the true value of water.

• English
• 02 February 2017
Susan Verde
• Hardcover
• 40 pages
• 0399172580
• Susan Verde
• The Water Princess