Discover Great National Parks: Yellowstone: Kids' Guide to History, Wildlife, Geysers, Hiking, and Preservation

By Claire O'Neal

Discover Great National Parks: Yellowstone is an excellent non-fiction book for young learners. It features information about boiling hot springs, spouting geysers, and bubbling mud volcanoes. Also included is information on the bountiful wildlife--like grizzly bears, bluebirds, bison, bull elk, and beavers! Readers will learn about the Junior Rangers, prehistoric Yellowstone, additional national parks nearby, the dangers of pollution within the park, how to be aware of bears and more! See beautiful historical and current photos of Yellowstone and learn more about the park with the chapter notes, suggested readings, and glossary.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Release date: Feb 6, 2024
• ISBN: 9781637414590

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© 2024 by Curious Fox Books™, an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., 903 Square Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552.

Discover Great National Parks: Yellowstone is a revision of Yellowstone, published in 2017 by Purple Toad Publishing, Inc. Reproduction of its contents is strictly prohibited without written permission from the rights holder.

Paperback ISBN 979-8-89094-070-4

Hardcover ISBN 979-8-89094-071-1

eISBN 978-1-63741-459-0

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WELCOME

CHAPTER 1: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA

KIDS CAN: BE A JUNIOR RANGER

CHAPTER 2: THE WORLD'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK

PREHISTORIC YELLOWSTONE

CHAPTER 3: A GEOLOGY WONDERLAND

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK

CHAPTER 4: A LIVING WILDLIFE LABORATORY

BEAR AWARE

CHAPTER 5: ADVENTURE ALL YEAR LONG

TO PRESERVE . . . OR POLLUTE?

FUN FACTS

CHAPTER NOTES

SUGGESTED READING

GLOSSARY

CHAPTER ONE

AMERICA'S

BEST IDEA

Old Faithful was given its name because of its regular eruptions around twenty times a day.

In 1872, the U.S. Congress considered Yellowstone to be such a special place that they designated it as the world’s first national park. Over 150 years later, the weird and wonderful nature of Yellowstone National Park still stands apart. In fact, visiting Yellowstone is like visiting three parks in one. It is a living museum of history, geology, and ecology. In Yellowstone, you can stay in one of the world’s largest log cabins, the 119-year-old Old Faithful Inn.