Who Pooped in the Park? Big Bend National Park
Scat and Tracks for Kids

by Gary D. Robson

illustrations by Robert Rath

published by Farcountry Press

  • Watch where you step! Sometimes the animals in Big Bend National Park are hard to find, but you can almost always find their poop! Come along with Michael, Emily, and their family as they find poop (scat) and footprints (tracks) and discover which animal made them!

    An ideal tool for teaching children ages 5 to 10 about animal behavior, diet, and scat and tracks identification: the perfect companion for in the car or in the field on your next trip to Big Bend.

    Fun illustrations of the animals and their scat and tracks supplement the charming story, and a quick-reference chart at the back makes field identification a breeze! Fully illustrated!



48 pages, 9 1/8'' x 8 1/8'', 90 softcovers per case, Smythe-sewn

softcover
ISBN 10: 1560373881
ISBN 13: 9781560373889
$11.95

RELEASE DATE
10/20/2006

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Who Pooped in the Park? Big Bend National Park
Scat and Tracks for Kids

"Scatologically speaking, this book delivers all the poop on Big Bend National Park. So to speak.

Who would have known critter poop was so big with kids? There's a whole franchise out there, with "Who Pooped in the Park" books for Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Shenandoah and many more parks.

This book, on what pooped in Big Bend National Park, is aimed at kids age 8 and above. Part of the motivation in writing the book stems from the fact that wildlife in Big Bend is not always easy to spot. But scat and tracks often can be found.

Robert Rath illustrated the book with full-page, full-color cartoon-style pictures based around a family of four � mom and dad and two young kids � who are on vacation in Big Bend. Through the narrative writer Gary D. Robson intersperses details about the park, discussing its size and landscape and wildlife, while focusing on wildlife tracks and scat.

As the family's vacation continues, they find other evidence of wildlife � from scat to tracks and even antlers. While Mr. Rath points out the differences of some animals, such as mule deer and white-tailed deer, with his drawings, Mr. Robson drops in "The Straight Poop," little wildlife factoids such as that female deer don't grow antlers, that rabbits eat their own scat to maximize the nutritional value of their forage, and that roadrunners can run up to 15 miles per hour.

Though aimed at a youthful audience, this book and others in the series can be fun for families visiting national parks and help kids, and even their parents, learn some natural history on their vacations."

-Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler



Gary D. Robson align= Gary Robson lives on a ranch near Yellowstone National Park in Montana. He received his teaching credential in 1987 and has taught in California and Montana colleges. He is an expert in closed captioning technology for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. He and his wife own an independent bookstore in Red Lodge, Montana.
 align= Robert Rath is an illustrator, designer, and author with dozens of books to his credit. Although he has worked with Scholastic Books, Lucasfilm, The History Channel, Carus Publishing, and many other magazines, book publishers, and universities, his favorite project is keeping up with his family. This book is dedicated to his two poop experts, Lucy and Thomas.


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