This Place Is Wet: An Imagine Living Here book

by Vicki Cobb

Can you imaging living in a place where there is so much water some houses need to be built on stilts to protect them when the river rises? Or where it is so wet that some plants can grow on the sides of trees with their roots gathering water from the air? In this book you'll find out all sorts of things about what it's like to live in the rain forest of Brazil. Try to imagine living there!

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Vicki Cobb, the “Master Chef of Hands-on Science,” a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia’s Teachers College, is a former science teacher with a M.A. in secondary school science. The publication of her classic book, Science Experiments You Can Eat, (an updated, revised edition was released in 2016 by HarperCollins) established her as an innovator in hands-on science. Take a look on her website www.vickicobb.com to get a sense of her playful and accessible approach to science in her 90+ books for grades K-8 that cover physics, chemistry and biology, biographies, geography, and the human body.

She is also pioneering a video project based on her book We Dare You! Check out the hilarious videos at www.wedareyouvideos.com

She has performed “Science Surprises,” her interactive and engrossing show for kids, in 49 of the fifty states (missing only North Dakota) as well as internationally. A veteran motivator/professional development presenter of day-long in-services/keynote speaker, Vicki uses her expertise, humor, wit and background as an educator to inspire teachers to make science teaching the highpoint of their day. Currently she is president and founder of iNK Think Tank, Inc., a nonprofit company that focuses on the contribution that nonfiction literature and its authors can make to education. She contributes to: The Nonfiction Minute, www.nonfictionminute.org/ (which has had 5+ million page views over the past five years) and has been a Contributor to the Huffington Post and has recently launched www.vickicobbsblog.com in connection with the Nonfiction Minute, where she writes commentary on education and reviews nonfiction books as inspiring reading for children hungry to learn about the real world. .

Vicki Cobb received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012.

Reviews

[Julianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Highlighting a topic that is not covered enough. Great intro into general facts about the Amazon and then closes with a nice intro into human impact on the environment.

[Alison Durbin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a mixed bag for me. On one hand, I thought that the book provided great information about the rain-forest and those who live in it; however, it was almost too much information, and it wasn't exactly organized. I think that this book should have been separated into chapters, because every few pages was about something different. It just seemed like the whole book was one big run-on sentence that didn't have a pause or a break in between thoughts.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

The format was different as you could get caught up in the pictures and want to skip over the information. It was informative and it made me want to search more about the people of the rainforest----particularly the indigenous tribes.

[Ted Parsons · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book, but the print seemed to get lost because there was so much of it. The pictures were well done .

[Daniela]

good