Water is Life

Water is life, yet we very much take water for granted in the developed parts of the world. March 22nd is World Water Day, a yearly reminder that this precious resource is vital to survival. Water as a subject is broad and deep. It appears in the title of books on spirituality and religion; flows through science; policy and current events; swirls around fish, oceans, marine mammals, birds and all the wildlife that also depend on water for their existence.

There are lakes, ponds and wetlands; places so important to life both human and animal. We also have our own special waters like the Chesapeake, Shenandoah, and the Potomac. There are other famous rivers, the Nile, Yangtze, Amazon, Colorado, Seine and the Mississippi. we have books on exploration and adventure where characters travel by water–rowboat, raft, and sailboat.

Water has a place in the garden and there are books in the collection to help you create water features. There is even a tie to water in the food section about dehydration to preserve foods. Water borne diseases have helped to shape history and create modern sanitation.

Water rises high in environmental considerations. Water pollution is a serious threat to human and animal health. Climate change upends our rainfall patterns and sea level rise threatens our coastal cities and infrastructure. Water features are in our nation's history; in books with pirates and navies.

Our collection of books with a water connection is vast like a sea. Find your "topical" island and enjoy!