LCC
Chi PZ7 M16777 Wat 2021
Collection
Description
Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.
Publication
New York: Schwartz & Wade Books (2021)
Notes
Shonto Begay (Diné)
Awards
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Nonfiction — 2024)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Nominee — 2024)
Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award (Honor Book — 2022)
William C. Towner Student Award for Informational Text (Nominee — 2023)
CCBC Choices (2022)
Notable Children's Book (2022)
Illinois Reads (3-5 — 2022)
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (Picture Book — 2021)
Picture This Recommendation List (Nonfiction — 2022)