We had a lot of fun with this. We were visiting Florida so we took a trip down to Everglades National Park to try the scavenger hunt out. It was so much fun for my kids! We're now planning to do a trek around some of the parks out west next summer/fall to see more. This book will be essential for keeping the kids interested and engaged while we hike.

This is an excellent resource for anyone visiting the US National Parks with kids. It gives facts about each park and a list of things to look for while visiting. I wish I would have had this resource when my kids were little! I enjoyed learning about each National Park and loved the list of things to look for when visiting! It made me want to go on a road trip and visit more National Parks.

If you like traveling and are looking for something to do while road tripping through the US, might I recommend this book. Good for kids to adults. Each National Park is represented and each has specific things to look for. Depending on how something is to find, will determine how many points you’ll get. The book is broken into regions to make it easier to find the park closet to you. In each National Park you’ll be looking for animals and plants and maybe even a view. For example, in Isle Royale National Park in Michigan, you’ll be keeping an eye out for sandhill cranes, ferns, or even a canoe. And in Theodore Roosevelt National Park you’ll look for bison and prairie dogs and canyons. Included is a short description of what you are looking for. This book looks fun and makes me want to visit the National Parks. Just remember to leave it the way you found it.

While I was fully prepared to say this book was of use only for audiences in North America, I ended up reading pretty much every word. It takes in all of the National Parks of the US, including Samoa, and all get the same treatment. After a full-page illustration and a tiny databank, we get an introduction and then at least two sides of things to spot. They all can be ticked off, and all score points – oddly a cave we might go in scores two points, but a named stalagmite we can only see inside it just one. So while that system isn't perfectly logical, it's going to be a boon for people wanting to instil nature observation in the young, for this takes in everything from forests and rock arches to birds, and – far too often to seemingly make sense – salamanders.

Reading the details about what we're supposed to look for is a great source of trivia. I didn't realise that wolverine feet double in size so they become snowshoes in winter, for one. All told this is a fine success – it looks colourful and pretty, yet gives off lots of information; it's going to be just fine for the armchair traveller as well as the outdoorsy type; and even if you have no intention in scoring your way through 63 designated regions it will be of much benefit to many a school library in the US to have reference to them all in this fashion. While so many PotUSes try their best to undo what Carter did for Alaska in 1980, the reasons to own this are manifold.

I loved this book! We love a road trip and this just adds a fun game for the whole family at the national parks. Lots of interesting things to look for to keep the kids engaged.

This is a cute companion to national park adventures.
This could be promoted in the libraries that are participating in the national parks pass program.

Such a fun book for families who love national parks, or who want some guidance on which to visit first! I love how it gives things to find in varying degrees of difficulty to aid in exploration of the parks. There is also history, geology, and science information for teach park!

This is a great book to accompany a National Park trip! My kids always like a fun game to search for things whether at a park or museum. This book provides just that.

Each park has some basic facts about it and a handful of things to look for with details such as animals, plants, or landmarks. Some are definitely challenging, like seeing a bear, oh my!

The only thing that could improve this would be adding even more things to look for. A fun guidebook for kids!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me a copy of this ARC for my honest review.

For those who will be traveling with younger folks (or the young at heart) this summer, why not try to gamify your trip? This colorful book by Stacy Torino provides must-see checklists for every National Park. Each sight, animal, and landmark is worth a certain number of points, and it’s a worthy challenge to cover it all. You and your traveling companions will be sure to pay extra attention during your trip.

As a nature exploring, National Park enthusiast family, I was quite excited to have the opportunity to read this book!

My husband and I have already visited close to twenty NPs and try to add at least one new location a year. This book had me intrigued to want to go back to a few where I missed wildlife or wild fauna and flora I did not even think to look for. The scavenger hunt checklist is fact-filled yet fun, appealing to audiences of any reading level. I am looking forward to adding some of the suggestions to our future itineraries!

I anticipate buying a physical copy and adding this to my son's library. For now, the digital copy is more than sufficient and I am thankful to have had the opportunity presented by NetGalley and Stacy Tornio to give my honest review of this book. I have only rated it four stars (but really more like 4.8) because of a few grammatical errors and the fact I hold to a "young earth" view.

If you love National Parks, this is a must read and must own -
The artwork is beautiful and compelling as well!

The National Parks Scavenger Hunt is a wonderful way to explore the parks with kids. It features all 63 parks with short descriptions of each park followed by a dozen items to look for in the park. The illustrations are reminiscent of the WPA's National Parks posters.

I was reading this book and organising travel as there were so many places I wanted to visit. An excellent guide, easy to follow, with lovely illustrations.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

The National Parks Scavenger Hunt pairs educational snapshots of 63 national parks with a checklist of iconic and lesser-known items found at each destination. By combining fun facts with a checklist of unique sights that families can seek out during their visit, this book will make your next adventure just a little more fun. But be careful—once you crack this book open, you’ll want to visit every national park listed!

Whether your family is on a quest to visit all 63 national parks or you have plans to visit just one, The National Parks Scavenger Hunt is a great way to encourage your little explorers to look closer, listen longer and be present for your next trip. And the points-based scavenger hunt adds an element of friendly competition to your journey!

This is a really neat and fun resource! Great illustrations and fun for the whole family. Makes me want to visit more parks.

This is terrific purchase for parents of little ones that can become a travel diary through their childhood and even teen years. The images are engaging and the descriptions and details are great for all ages. Well done!

My kids and I explored and read this book together and loved it! Even though we weren't physically at the parks, my son loved learned all about nature within them. The visuals are wonderful and the writing is clear. As our kids get older, we want to start visiting all of the national parks, so I will definitely purchase this book for our family. I have a good friend who has already started visiting all of them with her family, so I will probably buy a copy for her and her kids as soon as it's published!

Thanks to NetGalley for access to this advance copy for my honest review.

We recently moved out west and are surrounded by National Parks. This book is the perfect addition to our ever growing collection of Junior Ranger Badges. My children are excited to collect points by spotting animals, plants, and physical land features found in each park. Each animal is given a number of points: 1, 2, or 3. These points are based on the level of difficulty for spotting each item. This book not only takes the guesswork out of what we can expect to find in each park, but it also teaches my children about these items.

I love visiting National Parks, and I will definitely be taking The National Parks Scavenger Hunt with us on our trips this year!

This book is perfect for families and people of all ages. The 63 National Parks are included and each Park has four to six items to find while exploring, and there are points to earn for each item found.

There is also information about the Park and about each animal, plant or place that you are finding - a lot of learning in a fun way! And definitely a good way to keep kids entertained on the long drives to and from the hotel or camp site!

This book reminded me a little of the National Parks’s Junior Ranger Program, which is a free program that each National Park unit offers for kids of all ages (adults too!). The activities usually include taking a hike, or learning about the Park.

The National Park Scavenger Hunt publishes in May, just in time for family vacation season!

Thank you to NetGalley and Timber Press for the review copy of this book!

This is a great book for families interested in our amazing National Parks! Every child should have the opportunity to visit several parks and this would be a great learning/teaching tool. The art work is beautiful and the scavenger hunt will be so much fun!

This is a great starter for kids learning about National Parks, or families looking for adventures! I would love for the publisher or author to provide some further resources online that could be incorporated into lessons on the parks in the book.