Down The Drain

Adam doesn't like taking baths, but he does eventually get in the tub and interesting things begin to happen.

An incisive critique of Canada's drinking water gatekeepers. Canada is celebrated for its abundance of fresh water, and few Canadians question the safety of the water that comes from our taps. But is this trust justified? One study estimates that contamination of drinking water causes 90,000 cases of illness and ninety deaths every year. In this authoritative review of decades of legislation, research, and independent regulatory critiques, accompanied by riveting stories of the many failures of our water supply, award-winning journalist Chris Wood and Canadian water policy expert Ralph Pentland expose how governments at every level have failed to protect our drinking water. The authors review the history of water management in Canada and approaches to the problem in Europe and the United States, then analyze our own approach in recent times, and finally propose a strategy to protect our water--including a new charter that will hold our government to account.

"Since learning that one of Baa Baa Black Sheep's three bags of wool went to the Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain, Sally has wanted to meet him. Now, at every bath time, Sally talks with the Little Boy and discovers more about her new friend. A delightfully clever new picture book about family, siblings, and friends - even the imaginary kind."--

In the eighth DATA Set adventure, the kids get lost inside Dr. Bunsen! When Dr. Bunsen gets sick with a bad cough, he insists that he has no time to sleep! He swallowed a top-secret experiment to prove his scientific findings, but now he needs the kids’ help to kick out the cold! And luckily, Bunsen has created a high-tech shuttle that can shrink down and travel inside the human body. Join the kids as they suit up and dive down the Bunsen brain drain! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the DATA Set chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

Discusses where our water comes from, why we need it, how it becomes polluted and scarce and how we can conserve this precious life essential.

Forgetful Wendy Wilson never turns off lights or closes the refrigerator, until her mother explains that wasting electricity is like putting money down the drain, and though the figure of speech helps Wendy remember, it causes some confusion too.

Scrooge worries about his giant money bin when he hears of alligators in the storm drains of Duckburg.

The River Styx was the barrier between Earth and the Underworld in Greek mythology. In the mid-nineteeenth century the name was also given to a small creek that ran along Hamilton's western border. The story of what happened to Styx Creek and how it became the vast, straight "drain" that slices through Broadmeadow and Hamilton North, forms the backdrop to this book. Equal parts diary, inquiry and observation, A year down the drain invites you on a journey with the author into Newcastle's watery underworld.