Who Pooped in the Park? Grand Canyon National Park: Scat and Tracks for Kids

Who Pooped in the Park?

by Gary D. Robson, Robert Rath

This charming tale of Michael, Emily, and their parents as they explore each national park and discover scat and tracks is designed to both entertain and educate. Wildlife can be elusive, and both kids are disappointed when, at first, they don't encounter many animals in the park. The kids quickly learn, however, that there are animals all around, and these creatures leave behind scat and tracks. Before long, the kids are able to identify animal tracks and determine what a creature has eaten recently. Colorful illustrations of animals and their scat and tracks supplement this lively tale, and a quick-reference chart at the back will make field identification a breeze!

Genres: Nature, Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

48 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2005

About the author

Gary Robson never decided what he wants to be when (if?) he grows up. In addition to being a successful author with 750,000 copies of his books sold, he’s been a software engineer, microelectronics designer, adjunct college professor, curriculum designer, and voice actor. He has owned a bookstore, a tea & game shop, and a small-town newspaper. Most recently, he was executive director of a wildlife sanctuary.

Along the way, he became an expert in closed captioning technology for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, which resulted in three books, three U.S. patents, and a TEDx talk.

Throughout all of life’s journeys, one thing remained constant for Gary: writing. Dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and a handful of technical manuals. Most was nonfiction, until he tried writing children’s books. His Who Pooped in the Park series of animal scat & track books for kids are his best-known and best-selling books.

At last, Gary is semi-retired. The kids are on their own, so it’s just him, his wife, two dogs, and two cats. Settled in a small town near Yellowstone Park, surrounded by lots of books and really good tea, he finally has time to write what he loves to read: fantasy!

His latest book is The Bounds of Magic, book 1 in the Tryllevær Saga, and there’s more to come!

Reviews

[Alyssa Haverfield]

I like the colored pencil-style illustrations. All I could think was how many parents wouldn’t be able to identify half of what the parents in this book do, haha. Still, very informative and interesting.

[Mother Goose Librarian]

This interesting picture book helps readers learn about tracking the animals of the Grand Canyon by looking for tracks and scat. Follow a family as they hike and look for scat and tracks. Includes back matter.

[Derek]

Cool book about animal tracks and poop. There is one of these for several of the National Parks. My 4th graders loved it.

[Margaret Dilloway]

My son got this for Christmas and loved it. I made him write a book report on it, and his only criticism is that the author takes too long to get to the puma.

It's useful for us around here in southern CA because we also have coyotes and mountain lions, and my son is always worried about a mountain lion attack although we don't go in the backcountry.

[Logan]

Great book my grandma bought for me at the Grand Canyon. I learned that evidence of animals can be really smelly.

[Heather]

great way to look at finding animals in a National Park...shows how you can learn about the animals & track them without necessarily seeing them. will be exploring more of these books.

[Debby Baumgartner]

A family explores the Grand Canyon National Park and discover how to tell what animals have been in the area by foot prints and scat of the animals.

[Sasha]

I love bringing these home from my trips to share with my niece all about where I went and the animals that live there. She's got quite the collection of them!