Imagination Vacation Yellowstone - Paperback

by Anastasia Kierst (Author)

Are hot springs rainbows, curled up to nap? Or are they pools of water, heated deep within the earth? Yellowstone is an amazing and mysterious place. Emmaline has some imaginative ideas about the origins of the park's wonders. Her scientist father has some pretty wild theories of his own. Follow their magical adventure through America's first national park. Written and illustrated by an award-winning elementary art teacher and her own geologist father, this book is a playful lesson in earth science. PRAISE FOR IMAGINATION VACATION YELLOWSTONE: "Here is an imaginative, colorful book for small children that offers an easy way for them to learn about Yellowstone, one of our most special places." -Lee Whittlesey, Historian, National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park

Author Biography

ANASTASIA KIERST was born in Wyoming and spent most of her childhood and college years in the Rocky Mountains. She is an explorer at heart. Though she has traveled the world, Yellowstone is still and will always be her favorite place. She married her husband, Jeff Martin, on the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Ms. Kierst currently teaches Art at a public elementary school in Dallas, Texas. CHRISTOPHER KIERST was born in New Jersey. On a college geology field trip to Wyoming, he fell in love with the land and with the geology that shaped it. Mr. Kierst recently retired from working as a geologist with the state of Utah. He and his wife, Cheryl, currently divide their time between relaxing in the marine calcium carbonate geology of the Bahamas and puttering around in the mostly sedimentary geology of Utah.