Our National Parks Alphabet Book

Our National Parks Alphabet Book

Artist and Naturalist Shirley Spencer creates a celebration of our National Parks and Monuments with bold, vibrant and stylized watercolor paintings in this unique alphabet book. From A (Acadia National Park) to Z (Zion National Park), each letter explores the natural wonders of parks, both famous and lesser known. Younger readers can relate a letter of the alphabet with one of our priceless natural treasures. Older children can identify animals and plants pictured with each park's unique habitat. Adults can connect with the signature landscape features of each park, both familiar and perhaps yet to be visited. Everyone will enjoy this colorful and abstract yet exquisitely detailed tribute to our National Parks and Monuments. Softcover Edition. Artist and naturalist Shirley Spencer has been living, working and painting in Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada since 1979. She holds a Master's Degree in Environmental Studies, specializing in Sierra Nevada Natural History. She is the author and illustrator of Flowering Shrubs of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, and Living Among Giants; Botanical Treasures of a Sequoia Grove. Shirley is perhaps best known for her exquisitely detailed and scientifically accurate botanical watercolor paintings. She also enjoys creating bold, vibrant and stylized landscape and wildlife artwork that reflects her unique interpretation of the natural world.