Who Pooped in the Park?: Scat and Tracks for Kids - Death Valley

Who Pooped in the Park?

by Gary D. Robson, Robert Rath (Illustrator)

Farcountry Press announces the release of the Death Valley National Park edition of its wildly successful Who Pooped in the Park? children's book series. This charming tale of Michael, Emily, and their family as they explore Death Valley National Park is designed both to entertain and educate. Little Michael is terrified of wild animals, especially mountain lions. His sister Emily enjoys tormenting her little brother. Wildlife can be elusive, and both 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 distinguish bobcat tracks from mountain lion tracks and bighorn sheep scat from desert cottontail scat. Wildlife facts are featured in The Straight Poop boxes. 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!

48 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2007

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

[S.M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative and really fabulous art. I particularly loved the bits that compared tracks (coyote vs. bobcat, etc.).

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't realize when I bought this book that there is a whole series of these books for different places and this one is for Death Valley. I like that it talks about tracks and scat because while we were in Death Valley we saw lots of tracks and some scat, but very few animals because they stay out of the heat. The book was a bit long, but I think that's just because there were so few animals talked about on each page so that they could include pictures for all of them.