On the Amazon: Adventures with Grandma and Grandpa Jones

By Casey Jones

B.T. and Mary Jones loved adventure more than anyone. In On the Amazon, their grandson brings their travels to life in order to inspire children to read and explore our wondrous world.

Through detailed journaling by Grandma Jones, children are led on an exciting adventure to the Amazon Rainforest in 1974 as she and her husband travel by small plane, bus, motorboat, and finally canoe to reach their destination. While on the way, Grandma Jones shares the thrilling tale of how they rescued two people from their sinking canoe, and then almost found themselves in the river when their own canoe started taking on water. But as little ones are about to discover, their adventures are only just beginning! Grandma Joness fascinating stories continue as they meet the Yagua Indians, learn to use a blowgun, and hunt crocodiles at night in a dugout canoe. Now only one question remains: where will they go next?

On the Amazon details the adventures of two avid travelers as they explore the Amazon and look forward to their next journey into the unknown.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Dec 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781480825857

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-2584-0 (sc)

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Archway Publishing rev. date: 12/23/2015

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In memory of Mary Elizabeth Jones

Growing up in West Virginia, I always enjoyed spending time with Grandma and Grandpa Jones. On most Saturdays, I would go and help pull weeds from the garden, cut the grass or do odd jobs around the house. After my work was done and the tools were put away, grandma and I would sit at the kitchen table in her very small kitchen, and she would tell me stories of the adventures she and Grandpa had in