from delphica

I liked this book just fine, although I didn't quite LOVE it the way I was expecting to. On the plus side, the illustrations are terrific, it makes you want to get up from whatever you are doing and head out to Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove and all that. My problems may be that, as a rabid Theo...

from abbylibrarian

Theodore Roosevelt spent several days camping in Yosemite with wildlife advocate John Muir. Roosevelt's experiences there led to the introduction of many new laws protecting wilderness and doubling the number of National Parks. Author Barb Rosenstock imagines that the stories John Muir told Teddy...

from Sullywriter

How John Muir turned Tedddy Roosevelt into a conservationist. Wonderful illustrations.

from crfonten

This book is about our president Teddy Roosevelt and how Yosemite National Park came to be. I would read this to my students not only as a good way to learn about a former president, but also as a good way to lean about the importance of preserving the environment and how that can affect future g...

from crieder95

"...'fairly fell in love' with the president." John Muir's own words captured in Rosenstock's book express many American's feeling of President Theodore Roosevelt. In this book readers will fall in love even more with Roosevelt as they learn where his loves and respect for nature came from. Reade...