Publisher Description
#1 New York Times bestseller! To 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 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.
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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About the Authors
Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009, is known for her support of literacy and education. She founded both the National Book Festival and the Texas Book Festival among numerous other volunteer and philanthropic projects. She is author of her memoir, Spoken from the Heart, as well as a coauthor of the children’s book, Read All About It!, with her daughter Jenna Bush Hager.
Jenna Bush Hager is an author, a cohost of the Today show with Hoda Kotb, and the founder of the Today book club, “Read with Jenna.” She is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First, written with her sister, Barbara. She also coauthored Ana’s Story and two children’s books—Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It—which she wrote with her mother, Laura Bush.