Raindrops fall around the globe -- Our watery world -- Tekelmarae and the boy who remembered (Vanuatu) -- Map of marvels -- Our enormous ocean -- Big and small -- The river of life (India) -- Water the shape-shifter -- Liquid : going with the flow -- Solid : frosty freeze -- Gas : vanishing into the air -- The waters of Sulis (England) -- Recycled water -- The water cycle -- Drinking the same old water? -- Water is life -- Animals : sip, swallow, swig -- Plants : roots to shoots -- Where the water lily grows (Zimbabwe) -- Salt water : ocean in motion -- Fantastic phytoplankton -- Bursting with life -- Sea changes -- The battle of Baal and Yamm (Lebanon) -- Fresh water -- Where is fresh water found? -- Where does the rain fall? -- Too much! -- Rimac and Chaclla (Peru) -- The power of water -- Water's superpowers -- How we use water -- Quenching the world's thirst -- The mystery of the watering hole (Saint Lucia) -- Water everywhere? -- Saving water -- Keeping it clean -- Water in the world of work -- The River Sisters (China) -- What does the future hold for Earth's water? -- Glossary -- Behind the stories.