The goal of I Can Make a Water Dance was to create a book that helps children make connections with the natural world and see themselves as part of it. The journey of the book follows the path of the water cycle from evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection. Throughout the book, dancer images are paired with a question that sets readers on the path to creating their own water dances. By observing images of water and translating them into their own bodies, children begin to make dance. Dancers magically rise out of the mist, curl like splashes in the river, and sail as trailing clouds. The images and dynamic movement words demonstrate how the various stages of water move and dancers are part of the action. Young listeners learn how to transform themselves into water actions and develop their movement and science vocabulary.