Children, ages 5-12, can learn how to find the North Star, write their own creative mythology about the constellations, track the phases of the moon, learn about stars and galaxies, and use all their senses to explore the night environment at a national park. Packed with fun activities to help children learn about stargazing, the solar system, and more. Other Junior Ranger series products include the following Junior Cave Scientist Activity Book, Ages 5-12+ Joshua Tree national Park Junior Ranger Official Program and Activity Booklet Grand Canyon South Rim Junior Ranger Activity Book Junior Ranger California-Zephyr: An Explorer's Activity Guide onboard AMTRAK Nevada Adventure Book: Junior Ranger Junior Park Ranger Redwood Activity Book Ages 4 and Up Haleakala Junior Ranger Activity Booklet Junior Paeleontologist Activity Book, Ages 5-12, Explore, Learn, Protect
Journalist Bill Gifford gives us a life--and follows in the footsteps--of an early American explorer, whose exploits (including walking across all of Russia) and inspired Lewis and Clark.
NATIONAL PARK JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAMS Description: "Explore, Learn, and Protect!" The Junior Ranger motto is recited by children around the country; each taking an oath of their own to protect parks, continue to learn about parks, and share their own ranger story with friends and family. The NPS Junior Ranger program is an activity based program conducted in almost all parks, and some Junior Ranger programs are national. Many national parks offer young visitors the opportunity to join the National Park Service "family" as Junior Rangers. Interested youth complete a series of activities during a park visit, share their answers with a park ranger, and receive an official Junior Ranger patch and Junior Ranger certificate. Junior Rangers are typically between the ages of 5 to 13, although people of all ages can participate. Park Rangers help to protect your parks by enforcing the rules and by helping you to understand why parks are important and why it is important to care for them. About the Centennial: On August 25, 2016, the National Park Service turns 100! The Centennial will kick off a second century of stewardship of America's national parks and engaging communities through conservation, recreation, and historic preservation programs, and will celebrate achievements of the past 100 years. Audience - Key Information Users: Parents of preschool through Pre-teen children, Children Age 5-13, Teachers, National Park Promoters and Commercial Operators near sites. Other related products: Haleakala Junior Ranger Activity Booklet can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/024-005-01319-9?ctid=222 The White House Junior Ranger Activity Guide Book can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/024-005-01317-2 Junior Park Ranger Redwood National & State Parks Activity Booklet, Ages 4 and Up, 2015 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/024-005-01316-4 Upper Farmington Wild and Scenic River: Junior River Ranger Activity Booklet can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/024-005-01310-5 Herbert Hoover Ranger Activity Book can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/024-005-01309-1 Discovering the Underground Railroad: Junior Ranger Activity Book can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/024-005-01296-6 Guardabosques Junior de Refugios del Sur de Nevada: Refugios Nacionales de Vida Silvestre del Sur de Nevada (Spanish Language Publication) can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/024-005-01318-1
It's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.
New York Times bestseller! The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid is a thrilling expedition to 100 of the most surprising, mysterious, and weird-but-true places on earth. For curious kids, this is the chance to embark on the journey of a lifetime—and see how faraway countries have more in common than you might expect! Hopscotch from country to country in a chain of connecting attractions: Explore Mexico’s glittering cave of crystals, then visit the world’s largest cave in Vietnam. Peer over a 355-foot waterfall in Zambia, then learn how Antarctica’s Blood Falls got their mysterious color. Or see mysterious mummies in Japan and France, then majestic ice caves in both Argentina and Austria. As you climb mountains, zip-line over forests, and dive into oceans, this book is your passport to a world of hidden wonders, illuminated by gorgeous art.
Two men played a crucial role in the creation and early history of the National Park Service: Stephen T. Mather, a public relations genius of sweeping vision, and Horace M. Albright, an able lawyer and administrator who helped transform that vision into reality. In Creating the National Park Service, Albright and his daughter, Marian Albright Schenck, reveal the previously untold story of the critical "missing years" in the history of the service. During this period, 1917 and 1918, Mather's problems with manic depression were kept hidden from public view, and Albright, his able and devoted assistant, served as acting director and assumed Mather's responsibilities. Albright played a decisive part in the passage of the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916; the formulation of principles and policies for management of the parks; the defense of the parks against exploitation by ranchers, lumber companies, and mining interests during World War I; and other issues crucial to the future of the fledgling park system. This authoritative behind-the-scenes history sheds light on the early days of the most popular of all federal agencies while painting a vivid picture of American life in the early twentieth century.
Oh Ranger provides an insider?s view into the most beautiful and culturally significant treasures in America. Oh Ranger is a collection of exciting stories told directly by the experts ? national park rangers. From animal encounters to fire fighting and search and rescue missions, rangers share their most memorable, life changing experiences. This book is a tribute to National park Service employees everywhere and was inspired by the original storybook written in 1928 by Horace Albright, the first superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. His memory lives on in the heroic actions of all those who proudly wear the instantly recognizable green and grey and flat hat ? the rangers. These are the men and women who work hard to protect and preserve our national parks for the enjoyment of millions of visitors, now and in future generations.Profits from the sale of this book will be donated to support national park education programs and the Employee and Alumni Association of the National Park Service. The original version of ?Oh, Ranger!" was co-authored by Horace Albright and Frank Taylor. Perhaps it's nostalgia that still attracts people to the stories of the adventures and the devotion to the National Park Service, but the image of the green-coated ranger stands tall to this day.Profits form the sale of this book will be donated to support National Park education and interpretive programs and the Employee and Alumni Association.
