Getting ready for a road trip? Don’t go to Yellowstone or Grand Teton National Park before reading The Old Patriarch Tree with your kids! Fun illustrations and helpful explanations make this children's book sure to ignite the wanderlust and curiosity in all of us. You'll learn about native people, explorers and geysers, trappers and beaver, pioneers and cowboys, and naturalists who created the National Parks. The Old Patriarch Tree educates and entertains with simple rhymes and illustrations that are endearing to small children, but the lessons learned from the Reader Guidance add more to the story as the reader ages. In addition to history, an important lesson on conservation fits in perfectly within the story of an ancient tree. There are even directions to see the real 1500 year old pine! "Outstanding history presented in a beautiful book" " Since the settingis in the place I've spent my entire life I know that the history is accurate.I love that children can be exposed to this great part of our country. Thebeauty of it, the diversity of its nature, along with its fascinating history.It can become a lifetime study. I'm excited that youngsters everywhere can beintroduced to these things and perhaps be motivated to learn more through morestudy and a desire to personally visit this part of our amazing country - Avisit to the Patriarch Tree on the next family vacation! Share this book withothers in your family and friend community and plan to go ! You'll love our home." Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2020 "5 out of 5 stars" - Sharon Sanderson