num_pages: 32
description: Poor Jungle Girl. She falls into quicksand. Jungle boy finds her. Jungle Girl starts to sink while Jungle Boy tells her where and how quicksand forms; why people sink in quicksand; what happens to animals in quicksand; how people can watch out for quicksand; and what people should do if they fall into quicksand. But Jungle Girl does not sink forever. There is a happy and surprising ending. And a quicksand experiment. For someone who has not fallen into quicksand, author-artist Tomie de Paola knows a lot about it.
language: English
title: The Quicksand Book
titlecomplete: The Quicksand Book
genres: Nature, Outdoors, Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Science, Animals, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 201
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Garden State Book Award
category: Nonfiction Grades 2-5
publisher: Holiday House