2 Books Published by Yosemite Conservancy on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

A young girl finds connection through a day out in nature.

Tasha is a girl who has trouble finding her voice to speak in school or to even make a friend. But all that changes when she visits the best park ever. Tasha’s story takes place on the same class trip featured in the ground-breaking book, Where’s Rodney?, and shows the power of nature to transform a child.

A Junior Library Guild Selection, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017, and a CCBC Children’s Choice!

Rodney is that kid who just can’t sit still. He’s inside, but he wants to be outside. Outside is where Rodney always wants to be. Between school and home, there is a park. He knows all about that park. It’s that triangle-shaped place with the yellow grass and two benches where grown-ups sit around all day. Besides, his momma said to stay away from that park. When Rodney finally gets a chance to go to a real park, with plenty of room to run and climb and shout, and to just be himself, he will never be the same.