Drop: An Adventure Through the Water Cycle

Drop, an anthropomorphic water droplet portrayed as a smiling light blue ink splotch, is “four and a half billion!” years old. Drop greets dinosaurs, hangs out in the ocean, and sunbathes on the sea’s surface before the action begins: a spread shows Drop heating from the sun’s rays (“All bouncy-pouncy!” reads markered hand-lettering as she raises wiggly black line arms) before rising into the air with a “Poof!” Drop’s journeys as clouds and weather follow, as well as her paths through bodies of water, glaciers, ground, and flora and fauna. Water “mixed only with various colors of India ink” is the apt medium for Moon’s art; paired with ink brush lines, the illustrations have a soft early reader appeal. An endearing, conversational introduction to the water cycle. Ages 4–8. (Feb.)