I Face the Wind

Ever lose your hat in a strong wind? Ever feel the wind pushing you from side to...
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Author: Vicki Cobb
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Language: English
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I Face the Wind by Cobb, Vicki

I Face the Wind

$47.53

I Face the Wind

$47.53
Author: Vicki Cobb
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Ever lose your hat in a strong wind?

Ever feel the wind pushing you from side to side?

Know why you can feel the wind, but never see it?

You will

Renowned science author Vicki Cobb makes scientific principles easy for even the youngest kids to understand. Follow this book with a young child who loves to play. Bring along balloons. Find a windy place. Together you'll face the wind and see that learning is a breeze.

Discover science, and the world will never look the same.

Great hands-on activities and irresistible illustrations by Julia Gorton make Science Play a perfect way to learn about science . . . just for the fun of it



Author: Vicki Cobb
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04/15/2003
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780688178406
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 77397 / I Face the Wind


Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 04/28/2003 pg. 73
Booklist 08/01/2003 pg. 1984
School Library Journal 08/01/2003 pg. 147
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2003 pg. 9
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 409 - Superior,Well Above Average
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2004 pg. 1284
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 409 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly 04/28/2003
School Library Journal 10/01/2004

About the Author
Gorton, Julia: -

Julia Gorton has loved to get wet since her days as a teenage member of the Aquaettes. A local synchronized swim team. She is still passionate about water and is working to get a community pool built.

For a decade she has been delighting children with her inspired illustrations and dazzling designs. Her work can be found in the Science Play book I See Myself by Vicki Cobb, the MathStart book Super Sandcastle Saturday by Stuart J. Murphy, and Ten Rosy Roses, by Eve Merriam. Julia Gorton lives in a sprinklerfilled community in New Jersey with her husband, author-illustrator Daniel Kirk, and their three children, who splish and splash all around the town.

Cobb, Vicki: -

Vicki Cobb is the author of many award-winning science books for young people. With degrees from Barnard College and Columbia University Teachers College, Vicki enjoyed an early career as a science teacher. She now devotes all her time to writing and speaking to teachers, children, and librarians all over the country. She frequently writes for the Huffington Post and is also the founder and president of iNK Think Tank, an organization dedicated to getting high-quality nonfiction books into classrooms. To find out what recent science experiment Vicki has been cooking up, visit her online at www.vickicobb.com.

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