malus's review
5.0
I remember about this book it was really good i liked learning about the national park and how these two kids got lost and tried to find there way back home.
meliaraastair's review against another edition
5.0
Jack and Ashley are back, with their family's last foster kid, Lucky. This time they are off to Mesa Verde National Park so their mom can figure out what's going on with a problem mountain lion in the park. Lucky is a fast talker and Jack ferociously defends her, even though Ashley thinks something is up.
I visited Mesa Verde for the second time this previous summer, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to go back. I feel like I would have appreciated this summer's visit even more had it not have been 97 degrees the days we were there. Having been there, it was even easier to envision the setting of this story, and the authors did a great job bringing that setting to life.
This was another great story in the series. The authors do a great job not only creating interest in the park, but telling a great story with Lucky, and spreading the word about conservation (in this one, occasionally mountain lions are a problem...when they've become too adapted to humans...and we shouldn't just shoot them all when we've created that problem). There's a great opportunity here for discussion with kids, not only with the park and conservation, but with empathy, honesty, and how not everyone has the same experiences growing up.
Again, I wish I had the opportunity to bring these books to students, and I hope I will in the future. These are incredibly well done! I will continue to read them from time to time. Even though they are short kids books, there is so much packed into these stories.
I'll go 9 of 10 overall and 5 of 5 for readability. Check these out!
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I visited Mesa Verde for the second time this previous summer, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to go back. I feel like I would have appreciated this summer's visit even more had it not have been 97 degrees the days we were there. Having been there, it was even easier to envision the setting of this story, and the authors did a great job bringing that setting to life.
This was another great story in the series. The authors do a great job not only creating interest in the park, but telling a great story with Lucky, and spreading the word about conservation (in this one, occasionally mountain lions are a problem...when they've become too adapted to humans...and we shouldn't just shoot them all when we've created that problem). There's a great opportunity here for discussion with kids, not only with the park and conservation, but with empathy, honesty, and how not everyone has the same experiences growing up.
Again, I wish I had the opportunity to bring these books to students, and I hope I will in the future. These are incredibly well done! I will continue to read them from time to time. Even though they are short kids books, there is so much packed into these stories.
I'll go 9 of 10 overall and 5 of 5 for readability. Check these out!
For more reviews, check out bedroopedbookworms.wordpress.com!
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