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This Place Is Wet
By
Vicki Cobb and
Barbara Lavallee (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
October 1, 1999
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780785708605
ISBN-10
078570860X
Dimensions
0.75 by 9.75 by 10.25 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
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Original list price
$16.80
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§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Invites readers to the rain forest of Brazil, where houses are built on stilts to guard against the river's rising and plants grow on the sides of trees, gathering moisture from the air
Amazon.com description: Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Can you imagine 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!
Editions
Paperback
Revised edition from Walker & Co (May 28, 2013); titled "This Place is Wet: An Imagine Living Here Book"
9780802734006 | details & prices | 32 pages | 8.25 × 10.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.40 lbs | List price $8.99
About: 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?
About: 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?
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Turtleback Books (May 28, 2013)
9780606318891 | details & prices | 8.50 × 9.75 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.75 lbs | List price $19.65
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780785708605 | details & prices | 9.75 × 10.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 1.20 lbs | List price $16.80
About: Focuses on the land, ecology, people, and animals of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, presenting it as an example of a place where there is so much water that some houses need to be built on stilts.
About: Focuses on the land, ecology, people, and animals of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, presenting it as an example of a place where there is so much water that some houses need to be built on stilts.
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