Book of the Month

By: Gracie Seals

April's books of the month are Mrs. Greene's new Walk on The Wild Side The National Park Series.

Walk on The Wild Side The National Parks YOSEMITE

Want to go to a place with hundreds of waterfalls, huge trees, and slick rocks perfect for climbing? If so the Yosemite National Park is perfect for you. The Yosemite National Park is located in California, where some of the most giant sequoias live. The biggest being the Grizzly Giant, a 30 story tall and thousand year old sequoia tree. They also have many rare animals such as gray owls and bighorn sheep.

Walk on The Wild Side The National Parks The Everglades

The Florida Everglades are located in the most southern part of Florida, just where the peninsula is starting to break off into thousands of tiny mangrove islands. This area is made up of marshy swamp lands, mangrove clusters, and pine forests. It's home to a variety of animals and plants. The blue heron, alligator, manatee, flamingo, and bobcat all make this place their home.

Walk on The Wild Side The National Parks Yellowstone

Boiling hot springs, spouting geysers, and bubbling mud volcanoes, all of these unusual features and much more are found in the Yellowstone Park. he park is home to a variety of wildlife ranging from gray wolves and grizzly bears to bison, bluebirds, bull, elk, and beavers. Yellowstone is one of the most loved national park.

Walk on The Wild Side The National Parks The Grand Canyon

Walk right up to the rim of the Grand Canyon and watch the ground fall away. The drop is a mile straight down to the Colorado River. The wide walls of the Grand canyon spread out in all directions, farther than you can see, a never ending stack of soft rainbow colors. Today, the Grand Canyon protects a rich Native American heritage, beautiful geology, endangered species, and miles of hikes.