The Arizona Daily Sun Review: Through the ages and for all ages: Time traveling Bubba Jones series arrives at Grand Canyon

Did you know that there are 92 mammals, 447 types of birds, 22 species of bats and 58 reptiles in Grand Canyon? Or that Kaibab is a Paiute word meaning “mountain turned upside down” and what the tribe calls the Grand Canyon? Or that Phantom Ranch used to have a swimming pool?

These facts are just a handful in The Adventures of Bubba Jones 4: Time Travelling Through Grand Canyon National Park, the newest in award-winning author Jeff Alt’s national park series. From thousands of feet of rock layers to the Civilian Conservation Corps-installed phone line at the bottom of the canyon, Bubba Jones makes learning engaging and immersive. And, though it’s marketed for ages 8-12, like the best children’s literature, this storyhas something for all ages.

The Adventures of Bubba Jones starts on the roaring Colorado River. Here Bubba’s grandpa “Papa” Lewis, dad Clark and sister Hug-a-Bug encounter geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell as an experienced Papa Lewis ferries their wooden boat through dangerous rapids.

What makes this impossible sighting possible is that young Bubba can time travel.  In fact, what sets the entire Bubba Jones series apart is that he and his family can hop through history at a whim. What better educational tool than a little magic that makes young readers feel as if they are actually present for historical moments, important figures more than just a name on a textbook page.  

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