Time Traveling Through Yellowstone National Park: The Adventures of Bubba Jones

The Adventures of Bubba Jones #5

by Jeff Alt, Hannah Tuohy (Illustrations)

In the fifth book of this award-winning national park series, Tommy “Bubba Jones” and his sister, Jenny “Hug-A-Bug,” uncover amazing facts about Yellowstone National Park while on a mission to solve a park mystery. This is no ordinary brother and sister duo; they are part of a legendary time travel family with a mission to preserve and protect our national parks and they 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 wild creatures and ancient plants. They meet members of the early park expeditions and encounter the U.S. Army who once served as the park stewards. They learn about the Native Americans that call this land home. They learn all about the volcanic activity and unravel some of the park’s secrets. Discover Yellowstone National Park in a whole new way.

200 pages, Paperback

Published May 23, 2023

About the author

www.jeffalt.com

Jeff Alt's adventures, books, and advice have been featured on ESPN, Discovery Channel.com, Hallmark Channel, in Backpacker Magazine, the AP, Fitness RX for Men, LA Times, Women's Health, Shape, Scholastic Parent & Child, and more. Alt is a celebrated author and a talented speaker. Alt's book, A Walk for Sunshine, won the Gold "Book of the Year" awards sponsored by Foreword Reviews, it took first place winner in the National Best Books Awards Sponsored by USA Book News and won a Bronze in the Living Now Book Awards. Alt's book, Get Your Kids Hiking, won the bronze in both the Living Now Book Awards and the IndieFab Award in Family and Relationships. Alt has now created an award-winning children's National Park series, The Adventures of Bubba Jones. The fourth book in the series released in 2020 and the fifth book will release in 2023. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA). Alt 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.

Reviews

[Brenda]

Time Traveling Through Yellowstone National Park is the fifth book in the Adventures of Bubba Jones series written by author and hiking expert, Jeff Alt. Other books in the series have included visits to the Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, Acadia National Park, and the Grand Canyon. They offer a fun way to explore the National Parks and are both informative and entertaining.

Bubba Jones and his family are part of a legendary time traveling family, whose mission is to preserve and protect the National Parks. In this latest book, Tommy "Bubba Jones" and his sister, Jenny "Hug-A-Bug" are on a family vacation in Yellowstone National Park where they had planned to go for a few hikes before attending their family reunion. Their plans are thrown askew when Grandpa Lewis receives a mysterious note requesting their help in solving a mystery. It seems that sometime in the past three families within the Jones line had united three of their magical artifacts and it created a magical force. Drawing from ciphers, portals through time and letters from the past, Bubba, Jenny and Papa Lewis must retrace their ancestors' steps and reunite the artifacts once again to continue to preserve and protect the National Parks.

Using the families journal they're able to travel through time and witness events as they unfolded in the past, like going back over 600 million years to see the forests before they became petrified or going to 1894 to see why the Bison were wiped out. The book captures many historical events, such as witnessing President Rosevelt give a speech at the dedication of the Roosevelt Arch and meeting the Buffalo Soldiers Bicycle Corps on the Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in 1896, which was especially enjoyable to read about as I'd never heard about them before. The story is very detailed, including facts about the animals found in the park, different explorers, even which presidents have visited. Alt explains the science behind hydrothermal activity of the geysers and hot springs and even gives many tips on keeping a safe distance from the animals in the park. This would be especially fun to read if you were hiking or camping in Yellowstone, I can envision someone crossing off the recommended list of places to see or exploring the many hiking trails Alt listed. Even using the map that's included at the back of the book. There are discussion questions and even a full bibliography. I'd say the only thing that I would've liked is if the ciphers wouldn't have been solved out for you, it doesn't really allow you to decode them yourself, which would've been way more fun. The curriculum guide is nicely broken down into social studies, and science and would be extremely helpful to use as a teaching tool. The black and white illustrations by Hannah Tuohy are lovely and I'm hoping to see Glacier Park covered in a future book. A very pleasant way to explore the National Parks. I know I plan to take the book with me the next time I go to Yellowstone.

**A huge thank you to Rebecca Grose for the print copy of the book.**

[Mary Kay Carson]

What a fun way for kids to learn about the history and natural wonder of Yellowstone National Park! Hiking expert and author Jeff Alt has created an entertaining tale about a family of time-traveling national park enthusiasts. Enjoy!