The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780525645009)

This inspiring picture book tells the true story of a woman who brings desperately needed water to families on the Navajo reservation every day.

Underneath the New Mexico sky, a Navajo boy named Cody finds that his family's barrels of water are empty. He checks the chicken coop-- nothing. He walks down the road to the horses' watering hole. Dry. Meanwhile, a few miles away, Darlene Arviso drives a school bus and picks up students for school. After dropping them off, she heads to another job: she drives her big yellow tanker truck to the water tower, fills it with three thousand gallons of water, and returns to the reservation, bringing water to Cody's family, and many, many others. Here is the incredible and inspiring true story of a Native American woman who continuously gives back to her community and celebrates her people.

Author: Alice B. McGinty
ISBN-10: 0525645004
ISBN-13: 9780525645009
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2021
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.60w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 515748 / Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/22/2021
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2021 pg. 120
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2021
School Library Journal 06/25/2021 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average