This Place Is Wet (Imagine Living Here)

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 Place is Wet" 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!

Vicki Cobb is the author of more than eighty-five nonfiction books for children. After early careers as a laboratory researcher and science teacher, she became a full-time writer of science books for children.www.vickicobb.com www.inkthinktank.comBarbara Lavallee is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the bestselling Mama Do You Love Me. She lives in Alaska, and her vibrant watercolor illustrations are well-known for their depictions of a wide range of Alaskan life.