This book introduces children to the nation's watershed, the Continental Divide, and how snowmelt forms the headwaters of the rivers and streams that bring life to the land below. The entire water cycle is described, from evaporation to glacier formation, and the various life zones that water runs through on its way from alpine tundra to prairie are detailed in exquisite drawings. There is a further discussion about how we use water, the treatment process, and what happens to it after we use it. Inspired by the author's third grade class at Friends School in Boulder, Colorado, My Water Comes from the Mountains was prepared through the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research project of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, in recognition of the International Year of the Mountain. Worth a look. (Jodelle Greiner, Gainesville, Tx Daily Register ) The gentle and realistic color drawings of wildlife and nature by Dororthy Emerling completment this informative and enriching picture book ideal for the inquisitive young minds ( Children's Bookwatch ) Tiffany Fourment, former teacher and educator at the Wild Bear Nature Center in Nederland, Colorado, currently lives and works in Costa Rica. Dorothy Emerling is an artist who has illustrated all six books in the Wild Wonders Series (Roberts Rinehart). She lives in Nederland, Colorado.