num_pages: 32
description: Based on supermodel Georgie Badiels childhood a young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African villageWith its wide sky and warm earth Princess Gie Gies kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clearer. Every morning she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well. Instead of a crown she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water. After the voyage home after boiling the water to drink and clean with Gie Gie thinks of the trip that tomorrow will bring. And she dreams. She dreams of a day when her village will have cool crystal-clear water of its own.
language: English
title: The Water Princess
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers