The Great Lakes Our Freshwater Treasure

by Barb Rosenstock

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Illustrated by Jamey Christoph

The Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—are five blue jewels set a bit off center in a belt across North America’s middle. Bordered by eight states and part of Canada, the Lakes hold 21% of the world’s fresh water. How did these incredible lakes get there? And what can we do to preserve such a treasure? (via author website)

Barb Rosenstock combines playful language and deep research into books that bring history to life for today’s kids. Her books have won multiple awards including a Caldecott Honor, Golden Kite, South Asia Book Award, CLA Beatty Award, Orbis Pictus Honor and Sydney Taylor Honor and have received over 20 starred reviews, shortlisted for over 20 state awards and regularly appear on best book lists, including ALA Notable, NYPL Best Book, Kirkus Best Book, Mighty Girl, Amelia Bloomer, NCSS Notable and NSTA Best STEM Books. Barb loves to visit schools and share ideas about reading and writing with students. She was born, raised and grew up in Chicago where she lives with her family.

Learn more about Barb Rosenstock and The Great Lakes Our Freshwater Treasure at: https://barbrosenstock.com/