My family absolutely loves Fun With National Parks by Nicole Claesen. This book is so much more than just a list of parks; it's an engaging and incredibly helpful guide on road trips.

What makes it so special is its interactive and kid-friendly approach. It’s packed with beautiful illustrations, fun facts, and activities that keep children excited and invested in the journey. Instead of asking "Are we there yet?" they're busy scanning the pages, playing the scavenger hunt-style games, and learning about the wildlife and geology they are about to see.

This book can help plan your itinerary to the Grand Canyon, point out hidden gems you might miss in Zion, and is a fantastic source of entertainment during long car rides through Yellowstone. The information is presented in a clear, digestible way that both kids and adults appreciate.

If you're planning even one national park trip with your family, do yourself a favor and get this book. It’s a wonderful tool that educates, entertains, and helps create a more memorable experience for everyone. Highly recommend

Our family loves this book! Filled with facts about our incredible parks, word searches, mazes, dot-to-dots, and more. Fun With National Parks is a roadtrip MUST HAVE!

This national parks workbook is full of fun activities and adorable blurbs about each park, making it both educational and entertaining for kids. The variety keeps things interesting and encourages curiosity about nature and travel. It would be even better with real photographs to help kids connect more deeply with each park.

The author’s passion for National Parks shines through from the very first page. This book offers a fantastic mix of hands-on activities—from cracking secret codes and drawings to solving crosswords, mazes, and beyond. It’s the perfect pick for curious kids who love nature and puzzles. Whether it’s a sunny summer afternoon or a long road trip, this book is sure to keep them entertained—and they'll likely be excited to share the fun facts they’ve discovered along the way.

This book is wonderful—I loved the layout, artwork, content, and representation.

Layout:
I appreciated that the font was sans serif, which makes it easier for early readers to decode. There is a lot of white space—it isn’t overly busy.

Artwork:
The illustrations are both whimsical and informative.

Content:
There is just enough information about each park to be informative without overwhelming young readers. The activities are nicely varied and well thought out. There are details about geography, geology, people, animals, plants, and climate.

Representation:
My favorite thing about the book was the intentional representation. Information about indigenous peoples who predate the formation of national parks was prevalent and straight-forward. Visuals of people included multiple skin tones. Climate change was mentioned as an impact on the glacial fields in one particular national park.

Overall, I think this book is incredible. I will recommend it to all of my fellow teachers and parents of young children, and I can’t wait to have a physical copy for my child’s library.

This has all 63 national parks in it! I appreciate the thoroughness! The activities are varied and relevant to each park. And now I know how to draw a bald eagle. :)

Thank you to NetGalley and Zeitgeist for an ARC of this book! This is my honest review.

"Fun with National Parks" is a delightful activity book that brings America's natural wonders to life through an engaging mix of puzzles, games, and educational content. Whether you're planning a park visit or just dreaming of adventure, this book offers something for every young nature enthusiast. The variety of activities - from word games and art projects to spot-the-difference challenges and true/false quizzes - keeps the learning experience fresh and exciting.

What makes this book special is its ability to entertain while educating. As an adult reader, I was surprised by how much I learned about our national parks through the cleverly designed activities. The book strikes a perfect balance between fun and facts, making it an excellent resource for both kids and their knowledge-seeking parents. It's particularly well-suited for road trips, offering engaging entertainment that builds excitement for upcoming park visits or helps pass time during long drives.

Perfect for young adventurers ages 6-12, this activity book is more than just a collection of puzzles - it's an invitation to explore and appreciate America's natural treasures. Whether used at home, in the car, or while visiting the parks themselves, it's a valuable addition to any family's travel collection.

Fun activity book about National Parks for kids of all ages. The book features colorful and cute and illustrations throughout the book. I enjoyed how the book was organized by giving each National Park there own section. Each National Park has their own short informational section and then a couple activities. Activities include things like coloring pages, connect dots, word finds, spot the difference, unscrambles, and many others. I think this would be a great hit with kids of all ages but especially Elementary aged.

Thanks for the free/gifted book, @ zeitgeistpublishing and the author Nicole Claesen

Thank you NetGalley and Zeitgeist and Penguin Random House for the eARC!

This is an excellent addition to the series. My 6 year old loved reading the facts and the puzzles were excellent for his age.

This is SO MUCH FUN. As a lover of the national parks, I absolutely adore all of the information as well as all of the fun activities throughout! I enjoyed myself immensely.

I loved it and sent off a copy to out of state grands so they can share it on this summer's trips and more. There are mazes, word searches, coloring pages, and more.
This format blends fun with educational value, offering children and adults the chance to explore and learn more about each park's landscape, geological features, animals, history, and much more whether they will be able to visit soon or not, and it's good for all to see the acknowledgement that the parks are mostly native lands.
The illustrations by Candela Ferrández are delightful, fun, imaginative, colorful, and the animals are so very well done in this Big Activity Book.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or teacher or your public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from Zeitgeist/Z Kids via NetGalley. Thank you!

Bright, colourful and fun activities about national parks, with each park getting a two-page spread each. Plenty of quick facts to learn and will keep the kids engaged on a road trip or a rainy day.

Thank you NetGalley for the review copy!

Even for adults a very fun read/activity! Loved the diverse characters shown in the pictures + the acknowledgemnet that the parks are mostly native land.

Fun with National Parks provides 120+ engaging activities to test your child’s knowledge of the national parks. With fun, factual information about all 63 national parks, young readers will soak up America’s wild and protected places while getting to know the history, geography, animals, and plants that make our homeland so special.

This BIG activity book is perfect for 6-10 year-olds. Filled with fun facts, this book makes learning exciting! Accompanying the descriptions of each park, young readers will find an assortment of games and puzzles allowing them to put their newfound knowledge to use right away—all while having fun.

The selection of activities in this book are as diverse as the parks themselves! From crosswords to matching games, seek & finds to tracing, drawing and code cracking, the variety is bound to keep your reader engaged, and excited to flip the page. After learning about the parks, they will be inspired to get out and explore the mountains, canyons, deserts, rainforests, geysers, and volcanoes that make up the varied landscape of our national parks.

On your next family road trip, consider pairing this book with Fun with 50 States, a complementary activity book focusing on each state. Your young reader will spend countless hours getting excited for their next big adventure!

I downloaded this just to review the Washington State parks, for possible inclusion in Local History resources. I can't even tell what the intended readership is: the content is extremely juvenile, but covers so many parks that readers would age out long before they could visit more than a handful of places. Maybe it's intended only an an activity book for outdoorsy kids, with no visits intended. The 2 pages per park ensure there's no space for anything truly informative. I can't imagine who I would recommend this to.

This came at the perfect time! We love a good road trip and this gave our family tons of ideas for this summer! Lots of fun activities in the book to get your kids (and adults) excited about the adventure!

What an awesome activity book! Perfect for family road trips to National Parks. The illustrations and activities are fun, while being informative. It's chock full of information about animals and park environments. I would have loved this as a kid as my favorite vacations were to National Parks. This would be excellent for vacation-planning with children. I would suggest this for children 7 and up, especially ones who love animals!

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group-Wide Eyed Editions for providing this ARC.

Filled with fun and facts, this book lives up to its title in the best way! It is exactly the kind of book our National Park lovin' family would benefit from having on the shelf. Appropriate for children (and adults!) as a wholesome paragraph presents information one may or may not know regarding the NP's history, location, or nature. Actually, I learned quite a bit and want to revisit some NPs with the new discovered details!

As a Christian, there were a few cringe-worthy instances regarding the history of how certain landmarks came to be, etc... but nothing major that would make me not want to purchase this book. As a mom, I greatly appreciated this book providing educational activities as part of the reading material.

NetGalley offered me the privilege to review this copy digitally - for which I am thankful as I now know of another, great NP resource to add to our continuously growing collection!

This is a fun book for 1st-3rd graders who want o learn more about National Parks or for a family going on a road trip! Each National Park has a short description with fun facts and then two to three activity pages to do based on the information! Some of the activities are repeated such as word scrambles, fill in the blank, etc. But never too close together or super frequently. I think this would be a great gift for exiting 3rd graders to get by them excited for their free National Park passes in 4th grade!!

🏞 If you are taking your family on a U.S. National Park trip anytime soon, then this is a must have book.

🏞 This book will keep kids busy while you are traveling. There are lots of activities (coloring pages, mazes, word searches) along with information about the National Parks themselves.

🏞 The activities and information are targeted to children ages 6 to 10 years old. However, imaginative parents could use this book to create some fun for the whole family – particularly if you are on a road trip and need something to pass the time.

🏞 Even if you aren’t planning a visit to a park, this book would still be appealing to children who are interested in nature, animals, and learning about beautiful and diverse locations in the United States.

🏞 I didn’t visit my first National Park until I was an adult, but I know I would have still loved this book as a kid.

Thank you @NetGalley and Zeitgeist/Z Kids for an eARC of this book, which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.