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Our Great Big Backyard
Our Great Big Backyard | Laura Bush
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#1 New York Times Bestselling Picture BookTo help commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the National Park Service, #1 New York Times bestselling authors former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush Hager have created an exuberant picture book tribute to our national parks and the importance and fun of connecting with nature.Our Great Big Backyard follows Jane, whose plans of spending the summer playing video games with her friends are dashed when her parents announce that her family is going on a road trip to national parks around the country. Yet somewhere between the Everglades and Big Bend National Park, things begin to change. Jane starts paying attention to the magnificent sights and spends less time looking at her screen. The stunning views open up her imagination as she and her brother see everything that nature has to offer. And the more Jane discovers, the more she realizes how much there is to love about the outdoors whether she s in a national park across the country or right in her own backyard."
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TheKidUpstairs
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I love our #backyard. It's one of the things that drew is to our house, it's big and open with a great deck for reading. But today is grey, a little chilly, and intermittently rainy so my afternoon reading will be happening indoors.

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Jinjer Beautiful! 7y
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PriscillaD
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"Our Great Big Backyard" is a RF writing by former First Lady Laura Bush. The book is about a young girl who was ready to spend her summer starring at a screen until her parents changed those plans. They set off on "The Great American Road Trip" to visit the national parks across the U.S. she then realizes how amazing the adventure turned out to be. https://www.nps.gov/teachers/index.htm #ucflae3414sp17

LaurenM19 I would love to read this book! I love sight seeing and I feel like I could really connect to this book! 7y
DrSpalding I am adding this to my stack as well. I enjoy Jenna Bush Hager on TV. This would be an excellent book to incorporate into a Geography unit. 7y
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Sara_Planz
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You know chilling with the Bush ladies like you do. #texasbookfestival

Blair_Reads Hey! You're at the festival too!! 😁😁 Jealous you got to go to that one. I'm just doing the free things 😋👍🏻 7y
Joy4Lit Awesome! 7y
Sara_Planz @Blair_Reads I am! Down at the YAHQ for the next talk at 11:30ish. The only reason we got in to Laura Bush was I requested media passes for my blog. 7y
Blair_Reads Ugh so lucky!!! 7y
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