The Rhythm of the Rain

 
　　伊薩克在山坡上他最愛的小池邊玩水，當雨從天而降，伊薩克把他手上水罐裡的水倒進池裡，隨著河水，這些水滴穿過整個城市、橫渡整個國家，在瀑布中翻滾著衝向波光粼粼的溪流，流向廣闊大海的懷抱。
 
　　伊薩克想知道水罐裡的水現在跑到哪兒了？原來在世界上另一個角落，卡西在她乾燥的村莊裡歡迎這些水的到來。這些水化身大雨降臨、變成河水倘佯，然後再次返回大海。當太陽升起照耀海洋，這些水飄向天空，形成雨雲，再一次，這些水回到了伊薩克的小池，完成了一次巡迴之旅。
 
　　從小雨滴到大海洋，榮獲英國兒童繪本最高榮譽——英國格林威大獎（Greenaway medal-winner）的作者貝克．史密斯（Grahame Baker-Smith）完整捕捉了水循環之旅，製作出一本令人驚嘆的繪本童書。（文 / 博客來編譯）
 
　　A beautiful, lyriIssac plays in his favourite pool on the mountainside. As rain starts to fall, he empties his little jar of water into the pool and races the sparkling streams as they tumble over waterfalls, rush through swollen rivers and burst out into the vast open sea.

　　Where will my little jar of water go now? Issac wonders. On the other side of the world, Cassi welcomes the rain to her parched village . . .

　　From tiniest raindrop to deepest ocean, this breathtaking celebration of the water cycle captures the remarkable movement of water across the earth in all its majesty. A stunning new non-fiction picture book from Greenaway medal-winner, Grahame Baker-Smith.cal non-fiction picture book about the water cycle.

　　Issac empties his little jar of water into a stream and follows its journey through the country and the city until it joins the ocean. On the other side of the world, Cassi welcomes the rain in her dry village, where rivers now run and make their way back to the sea. The cycle is complete as the sun heats the ocean and clouds are formed that carry rain back to Issac once more.