The last week in August is World Water Week, the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI, the Stockholm International Water Institute. In 2018, World Water Week will address the theme “Water, ecosystems and human development”. In 2017, over 3,300 individuals and around 380 convening organizations from 135 countries participated in the Week.

Horn Book Magazine said of Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube: “…the poems speak to the wonders of water everywhere…”