pickA lovely introduction to a lot of the national parks around the US!
Separated out by regions, there‘s brief blurbs for all sorts of national parks. Then there‘s more in depth explorations of several of the parks.
The adorable artwork illustrates animals, plants, notable landmarks, & exciting phenomena in all of these locations.
This was a delight to share with my nibling, and I can‘t wait to take them to see these places! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
“rich and poor, old and young, citizen and immigrant, everyone was welcome“
so-soParks for the People is a book that tells the story of Frederick Law Olmsted, a famous landscape architect who designed beautiful public parks like Central Park in New York. He believed that everyone, no matter their background, should have access to green spaces in cities. The book shows how his work continues to influence how we design cities and parks in the United States. I would read this book with older elementary readers.
pickI don‘t recall how this book got on my radar, but I‘m grateful it did. I love nature and National Parks are the embodiment of preserving our magnificent pieces of land and monuments. Don‘t be misled, this book is not a guide to the National Parks. It‘s a fascinating history of the establishment of the park system, dating back to the late 1800‘s.
Full review at https://abookandadog.com
This week‘s book report will be a little late. First, I‘m attending our local little book festival. Here‘s our County Executive, Dr. Calvin Ball, kicking off the event and introducing the author of the tagged book.
So I read this out loud to my family while on a day trip. We laughed so hard it hurt many times. They've seen the Grand Canyon and even at a young age could describe it better than a "big hole in the ground". It's really comical in an almost meme sort of way that people can be so unimpressed by the beauty we are lucky to have within America's Most Extraordinary National Parks.
pickI am the least outdoorsy person I know but after reading about these amazing places I want to do all the things. I also really enjoyed the artwork because of the not quite minimalist nature of it.
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Managed to only finish one book this week but I'm at least half way through three others. I don't think I've juggled this many books for a long time so I'm a little out of practice.
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My goal is to try and finish all three of my current reads but I'll be happy if I hit two. Zoe has to be finished by Tuesday so I'm pretty sure I'll hit that goal. My poor BookSpin keeps getting pushed further and further back.
