The Adventures of Bubba Jones (#4): Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park

by Jeff Alt, Hannah Tuohy (Illustrator)

Overview

"The fourth book in this great award-winning National Park series brings yet more of the excitement, adventures, and history we've come to enjoy...Truly a great story that will teach with enthusiasm." —Story Monsters Ink

In the fourth book of this award-winning national park series, Tommy "Bubba Jones" and his sister, Jenny "Hug-a-Bug," uncover amazing facts about the Grand Canyon while on a mission to solve a park mystery. This is no ordinary brother and sister duo; they are part of a legendary time-traveling family with a mission to preserve and protect our national parks and have developed a reputation for solving mysteries. As they time-travel back hundreds, thousands, and millions of years, they not only learn about the past, but also experience it. They encounter all sorts of wild creatures and plants, meet the people involved in the establishment of the national park, learn about the Native Americans that call this land home, and unravel some of the park's secrets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780825309274
Publisher:	Beaufort Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/03/2020
Series:	A National Park Series , #4
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	940L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jeff Alt's adventures have been featured on ESPN, Hallmark Channel, in the Associated Press, and more. Alt is a celebrated author and a talented speaker. He is the author of Four Boots One Journey, Get Your Kids Hiking, and A Walk for Sunshine. A Walk for Sunshine won the Gold in the 2009 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year awards. It took first place winner in the 2009 National Best Books Awards Sponsored by USA Book News, and won a Bronze in the 2010 Living Now Book Awards sponsored by Jenkins Group. Get Your Kids Hiking won the Bronze in both the 2014 Living Now Book Awards, and the 2013 IndieFab Award in Family and Relationships. Alt is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA). He has walked the Appalachian Trail, the John Muir Trail with his wife, and he carried his 21-month old daughter across a path of Ireland. Hannah Tuohy is a children's book illustrator based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Oklahoma State University and graduated with a BFA in graphic design, emphasizing illustration. Since graduating, Hannah has illustrated over a dozen children's books including No Sand in the House, Wondering and The Oyster's Secret. She is also a member of SCBWI. When she isn't busy working on commissions, Hannah spends her time filling up her sketchbook and brainstorming new story ideas with her husband, Justin. The Adventures of Bubba Jones is the first chapter book series Hannah has illustrated.

Editorial Reviews

"Outdoorsman and author Jeff Alt has "hit another home run" with the newest addition to his The Adventures of Bubba Jones book series.  In previous adventure stories, Alt's characters "Bubba" Jones and sister Jenny "Hug-A-Bug" have taken readers on magical visits to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Shenandoah National Park, and Acadia, and now his adventurous explorers visit one of the most iconic of all our national parks, Grand Canyon. In Alt's new adventure, readers can feel the desert wind blowing off the Coconino Sandstone, feel the swish and power of the Colorado River as it roars through the Inner Gorge, feel the presence and mystery of the Puebloans and the "ancient ones" who lived in the canyon in prehistory, and discover the grandiose drama of geology and erosion that created this wonder of the world. The Adventures of Bubba Jones—Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park follows in the footsteps of Alt's earlier books and will provide young readers with a magical adventure in the one and only 'Grand Canyon'." —Arthur McDade, National Park ranger (ret.), and the author of Old Smoky Mountain Days, The Natural Arches of the Big South Fork, and a contributor to The Encyclopedia of Appalachia

"The fourth book in this great award-winning National Park series brings yet more of the excitement, adventures, and history we've come to enjoy. Time travel, secret codes, passwords, and discoveries are unraveled first hand by Bubba Jones and his sister Hug-a-Bug. Traveling through time, they experience the wonders, dangers, and people that forged the world as we know it today. Truly a great story that will teach with enthusiasm. Sure to hold interest with its easy conversational tone. It draws and engages the reader." —Story Monsters Ink

"Together they are at the helm of their educational adventure, distant historical events made easier to grasp through these character's eyes. This is a book that drums up awe and fascination, fuels dreams of a Grand Canyon hike one day, and inspires young audiences to keep reading. What a joy it would have been for those of us who grew up 20 years ago to have a Bubba Jones of our own. Alt's national park series will hold steadfast for generations[.]" —Svea Conrad, Arizona Daily Sun

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