3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th ; Hard Cover, Nonfiction, Picture Book ; Recommended

Rocky Mountain National Park

Christina Leaf takes on an impressive undertaking of providing elementary age readers with the who, what, where, when, and why of the Rocky Mountain National Park in 32 pages of color photos and text.

Leaf gives basic facts and visuals on Rocky Mountain National Park while not being a vacation travel advertisement. Rocky Mountain National Park was the 5th most visited national park in 2021.

Leaf includes: plants and animals (p 12-15), history of peoples in the area (p 16-21), how geologic uplift happens (p 8-9), top sites (p 22-23), and perhaps most importantly protecting the park (p24-27) from too many visitors and climate change.

Leaf also includes graphics of 6 Rocky Mountain National Park facts, food web, and a timeline (p28-29).

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Submitted for Annette McQueen by Mary Pong