A large container sits on Princess Gie Gie's head like a crown. Drinking water is scarce in her warm-colored kingdom. Every morning, she rises before the sun to walk to the well. When she Returns home, after boiling water to drink and to clean her family's clothes, Gie Gie thinks about the journey that tomorrow will bring. And she dreams. She dreams of a day when her African village will have a clear and limpid water.

Inspired by activist Georgie Badiel's childhood in Burkina Faso, The Princess of Clear Water brings together the exceptional talents of Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds in a touching, beautifully illustrated book.