Your Water Footprint by Stephen Leahy

Your Water Footprint

California is in the middle of a drought.  Hopefully you are more conscious of how you use water now and make efforts not to waste water.  Have you ever wondered how much water we use?  Stephen Leahy’s Your Water Footprint uses infographics and text to present interesting facts on how we use water from manufacturing products to daily personal use.  The book provides water-saving tips. Leahy provides his sources and references as well.  The photographs and graphics make this book visually appealing and fun to browse through.

To This Day by Shane Koyczan

To This Day_Shane Koyczan’s To This Day is powerful.  Powerful in its words against bullying and powerful in its images.  This poetry book grew out of a concept from the To This Day animated video by Shane that went viral in 2013. The illustrations in this book were created by different artists and each illustrator is credited in the book. Resources are also provided in the book and on the To This Day website. If you are interested in spoken word poetry, click on the link to navigate to the website and listen to Koyczan’s powerful performance.