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This practical, fold-up guide to Yosemite’s spectacular waterfalls is divided into two sections. The first offers in-depth coverage of eleven waterfalls in Yosemite Valley. The second section details the major waterfalls outside the Valley, including those at Hetch Hetchy, in Wawona, in Tenaya Canyon, and along the Tuolumne River. Handsome location maps and stunning full-color photographs accompany the descriptions. In addition to relevant data about each fall (including height and best view points) there are also recommended hikes to the falls, a list of the world's ten highest waterfalls, and historical perspectives on the falls.

The spirit of adventure is alive and well in Yosemite — all one needs to do is walk off and find it. But "adventure" need not mean scaling The Nose of El Capitan. The vast park is simply an adventurous place, with something for everyone. This pocket companion, brimming with Michael Frye's lush photographs paired with inspired quotes, captures the adventurous essence of Yosemite and the sense that something wonderful is waiting just over there. With a foreword by the legendary Royal Robbins, the book features writers, thinkers, and bona fide adventurers, including:John MuirSir Edmund HillarySusan SontagGalen RowellBill BrysonLynn HillRon KaukWalt WhitmanEdward AbbeyEleanor RooseveltCheryl StrayedEnid MichaelRenny RussellSharon GiacomazziMark JenkinsLillian SmithPearl S. BuckTerry Tempest WilliamsAlex LoweR. Mark LiebenowPeter CroftDiane ArbusT.S. EliotRichard HoveyWendell BerryHelen KellerNorman ClydeYvon ChouinardScot MillerHoward ThurmanRobert BrowningLito Tejada-FloresCorita KentJoseph CampbellSigurd F. OlsonFrosty Wooldridge

Through inspired quotations from a diverse group of women — including leading authors and naturalists — paired with breathtaking landscape photography, this pocket-sized volume captures the extraordinary beauty and spirit of Yosemite. It’s the perfect companion to take on a journey of discovery, and will surely revive one's connection with the natural world.Contributors include:Diane Ackerman, writerLouisa May Alcott, writerLorraine Anderson, writer and editorDr. Maya Angelou, writer and poetMartha Beck, writer and life coachRuth Bernhard, photographerElizabeth Barrett Browning, poetAnnie Barrett Cashner, painterAlison Colwell, botanistMarie Curie, scientistEleonora Duse, actorGretel Ehrlich, writer and adventurerBonnie Gisel, curator, Le Conte Memorial LodgeGrace Greenwood, writerJoy Harjo, poetEtty Hillesum, writerPam Houston, writerDorothy Kilgallen, journalist and game show panelistElisabeth Kübler-Ross, psychiatristDanielle LaPorte, writer and entrepreneurCharlotte Mauk, environmentalistEdna St. Vincent Millay, poetMother Teresa, founder, Missions of CharityAnaïs Nin, writerElizabeth Stone O’Neill, writerPenny Otwell, artist and naturalistJulia Parker, Indian Cultural DemonstratorShauna Potocky, Branch Chief of Education, NPSBeth Pratt, environmentalistJ.K. Rowling, writerCheryl Strayed, writerMae West, actorMarianne Williamson, writerAnn Zwinger, writerSusan Zwinger, writer and illustrator

A collection of John Muir's nature adventures, with contextualizing introductions at the beginning of each entry by Gisel.

For generations, hikers, naturalists, climbers, environmentalists, and visitors of all ages have come to Yosemite National Park to enjoy and reflect on one of Nature’s true wonders. This little volume is the perfect companion for those moments of reflection. The insights of writers, scientists, poets, and leaders like Marcel Proust, Albert Einstein, Diane Ackerman, Gary Snyder, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, are paired with gorgeous photographs, inviting a deeper understanding and connection to the earth, and to this magnificent park. Enjoy Yosemite Meditations in a high country meadow, or share it with friends on a camping trip. Let it be your companion as you marvel at everything Yosemite offers.

Since the founding of the National Park Service in 1916, tens of thousands of NPS employees and volunteers have devoted themselves to preserving our public lands, which today number more than 400. Each person’s NPS career is unique, seasoned with daily duties, grand adventures, and everything in between! Yet there is one common element: each person has plenty of material for terrific stories about living and working in America’s most special places.These 100 true stories from current and past NPS employees and volunteers make for an engrossing, funny, and often moving read, with something for everyone. The writers welcome visitors, ride the rails, collar caribou, reenact and make history, and every day face the mystery of wildness—including plenty of bears!—all for America’s public lands.Featuring more than 100 photographs and stories from 80 different parks, monuments, and historic sites, stretching from the coast of Maine to American Samoa, The Wonder of It All is sure to inspire a new generation to cherish the natural and cultural resources that the National Park Service was born to preserve.

"A feast of marvelous photography." —National Parks TravelerThis beautifully produced deep dive into Yosemite National Park features stunning photography by Robb Hirsch and fascinating natural history from knowledgeable contributors.Yosemite is like nowhere else on Earth.Within its vast expanses are spectacular granite mountains, glacially carved valleys, thundering waterfalls, delicate meadows, grand trees, and charismatic wildlife. From his years of exploring and studying California's Sierra Nevada, Robb knows that understanding natural processes can thoroughly enhance a visitor's connection to the landscape.In this book, Robb provides that enriching experience by calling on experts to contribute insights into the natural wonders on view. The images and essays work together to draw readers into a deeper relationship with their favorite national park.The book features essays by these Sierra Nevada luminaries: John Muir Laws, on "Wonder, Beauty, and Nature"Tim Palmer, on rivers Greg Stock, on geologyJames McGrew, on the role of art in Yosemite Brock Dolman, on the water cycleSarah Stock, on bird diversityRob Grasso, on the Yosemite toadKurt Menning, on fire ecologyBeth Pratt, on pikasDan Webster, on wildflowersKaren Amstutz, on Tuolumne MeadowsNathan Stephenson, on giant sequoiasAdonia Ripple, on the importance of YosemitePete Devine, on the remarkable properties of leavesRobb¿s passion is the ongoing search for the ¿Wow!¿ that can be found in every acre of Yosemite National Park—and that passion comes through in each of his photographs. The result is a breathtaking book that will dazzle, enlighten, and inspire a deep appreciation for the nature of Yosemite.

Take a magical trip through Yosemite; set up your ideal campsite, search for ladybugs, climb El Capitan, pack up your mule for a back-country trip, then put the animals to bed. Full of lively games, puzzles, and mazes, this cleverly illustrated activity book represents the best of its kind. Stickers are included so that you can add your own touch — get silly and make it yours!

Coyote is separated from her mate by a rockfall and searches the park to find him. Sometimes silent, occasionally observed, always watchful, Coyote makes her way from one memorable site to another, singing a lonely song of yips and yowls. Gorgeous watercolor paintings of Yosemite illuminate this ultimately satisfying story, while the text closely observes one of the park's most familiar kind of wild resident. Young readers will discover much about coyotes, and will also delight in spotting the places they too have visited—Half Dome, Sentinel Bridge, Stoneman Meadow, the Ahwahnee, and more.

Motorists have long-deserved an all-new guide to the major sights and stops along Yosemite’s majestic major roadways — one which not only lists distances, facilities, and things to do, but that also provides enlightening stories, park history, and natural history in a most engaging way. The wait is over. Ranger Bob Roney has applied his deep knowledge of the park and renowned story-telling skills to give drivers and their companions what they need to know, where they need to know it. Keyed to markers newly placed throughout the park, and packed with maps, illustrations, and dozens of full-color photographs, The Road Guide to Yosemite makes it safe and easy to stop and enjoy the world-famous scenery.

Birds bathe with abandon. A salamander, a snail, and a shrew share space for an instant. A fox springs from a field. Spiders spin. Clouds collect. Grasses grow, and ducks drift on by. For every forest wanderer who has yearned to capture these fleeting moments on paper, Nature Notebook provides a beautiful space to do so. More than just blank pages, this illustrated notebook presents playful prompts and sketches to stimulate your creativity while providing plenty of room to fill in what you fancy. Scientific observation meets artistic impulse in this treasure for the novice, the curious, and the inspired.

An original board book that encourage a bedtime in tune with nature.Join Little Muir as he bids good night to the natural world and experiences the wonder of a starry night outdoors. Legendary conservationist John Muir¿s dreamy prose and award-winning illustrator Susie Ghahremani¿s cheerful paintings come together in this luminous board book. Young children will be treated to nighttime creatures—owls, bats, bears, and more—in this colorful ode to our planet and its celestial neighbors, which directly supports the legacy of Yosemite National Park.

It's now a given that Americans—and people the world over—would seek to preserve their sacred, special places. One hundred fifty years ago, however, it was definitely not a foregone conclusion that the awe-inspiring granite cliffs, astounding waterfalls, and sublime sequoias of Yosemite would be protected. This idea of preservation was the national park idea; an idea that started from a seed, a seed that was planted in Yosemite. It was through the efforts of people like James Mason Hutchings, Galen Clark, Frederick Law Olmsted, John Muir, and Theodore Roosevelt among others that the world learned of Yosemite, flocked to it, nearly destroyed it, and ultimately saved it. These fascinating characters and their remarkable stories are skillfully woven together in this beautiful volume, created expressly to capture the wonder of Yosemite and to inspire future generations to do their part for wild places.

In this companion to the ground-breaking Where's Rodney?, a Black girl finds connection on 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. Then her class visits a park, the best park ever. With the help of an encouraging park ranger, an understanding teacher, some new companions, and a tiny turtle, Tasha finds her voice amidst the wildflowers. This story takes place on the same class trip featured in Carmen Bogan's and Floyd Cooper's Where’s Rodney?, once more showing the power of nature to transform a child.Beloved illustrator Floyd Cooper began the illustrations for this book; his mentee Daria Peoples finished them. In the back of the book, readers will learn how the book was completed following Cooper's passing in 2021 and will find two of his original sketches.

American dippers are small gray birds that live their whole lives near (and in!) fast-moving mountain streams. Charming and unique in their habits, dippers were John Muir’s favorite bird (he called them 'water ouzels'). This nonfiction book — brimming with full-color illustrations, detailed sketches, lively verse, and light humor — takes readers to a rendezvous with a winged creature they might easily see on a stream-side ramble throughout western North America. Readers will discover what these curious little birds eat, how they find their food, where they nest, what their chicks are like, where they go in winter, and much more. A section at the end provides a wealth of additional information making this book a fantastic resource for junior naturalists, educators, bird enthusiasts, visitors to national parks, and anyone interested in how field biologists perform their work.

This lovely picture book opens on a mother bear and her newborn cubs in their cozy den as a blanket of snow settles over Yosemite National Park. Her newborn cubs grow quickly and soon three furry, hungry black bears set out to experience their world.Spring turns to summer, and the bears roam Tuolumne Meadows, munching tall grasses and keeping a safe distance from park visitors. But not all of the bears’ time is spent searching for food: Mama bear must remain on alert for danger and rush her cubs to safety when a forest fire rages close by or another bear threatens them. In the fall, they will fatten up on acorns before returning to their den for the winter.Ginger Wadsworth and Daniel San Souci give readers the bear’s eye view and a tour of the seasons in Yosemite’s high country with these fascinating and mighty creatures.

Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows has been up-and-coming landscape photographer Ryan Alonzo's summer home for several years, and he shares his deep sense of place in this exquisite, spare collection of photographs. Because he lives and works in the park, he is there to capture those special moments of light and weather in which Yosemite shines. Through his fresh lens, readers can experience the fields of wildflowers, the beckoning granite domes, and the mountain peak vistas of a remarkable corner of California's high Sierra, with each image accompanied by naturalist notes. For up to half the year, Tuolumne Meadows is closed to visitors due to snow on Tioga Road; Tuolumne in Pictures is the next best thing to being there.

This is a perfect backseat or restaurant companion for families with young children traveling in California's gold country and Yosemite National Park. Crisp images invite crayons and markers while child-friendly text sheds light on things kids may be wondering about along the way. What's the Mother Lode? How does gold come out of the ground? Which animals live in a giant sequoia grove? Where can one see a moonbow? Art, sightseeing, beginning science, and California history blend seamlessly in "The Sierra Adventure Coloring Book."

Here is a comprehensive handbook designed to help all photographers -- from beginners to experts -- capture the landscape, flora, and fauna of one of the best places on earth. These tips and directions from Yosemite local Michael Frye are an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to take better pictures in Yosemite and elsewhere. Last updated over a decade ago, The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite has been revised to include advice especially for digital photography, and includes new full-color reproductions of Frye's own work to serve as examples and inspiration. Every aspect of photographing this magnificent park is covered, including: In-depth descriptions of nearly 40 outstanding locationsInformation on the best months and times of day for successful shotsDetailed maps indicating prime viewpointsTips on technique and equipmentMore than 100 stunning full-color photographs

In eight chapters covering everything from "Yosemite's Rich Past" to "Endless Things to See and Do," Mike Graf calls on the park's most knowledgeable insiders -- biologists, rangers, even the park's resident entertainer -- to share their most exciting stories and best advice. Colorful photos and illustrations enable young readers to get up close and personal with Yosemite's waterfalls, Giant Sequoia trees, sheer granite walls, and, of course, those famous black bears. This guide also recommends gear for a national park visit and offers safety tips, a wildlife observation how-to and birding guide, tips on managing a wildlife encounter, and a guide to rock climber lingo and a difficulty ratings system. Also featured are detailed accounts of famous climbs, tips on how to protect the park and keep it green, an historical timeline, and a list of popular hikes

"This nonfiction picture book presents Earth's long history with fire, and how humans, plants, and animals have adapted to this element as an integral part of their existence"--

Take only photographs, leave only footprints. But if one's own photographs don't quite do justice to the towering granites, thundering waterfalls, and spectacular vistas of Yosemite, then this lovely little volume of photographs makes a superb complement. Highlights include Yosemite Valley, the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias and Wawona, Tuolumne Meadows, Glacier Point, and the high country. Ryan Alonzo's spectacular shots are accompanied by the key information visitors want to remember and share.

"Three children find different treasures in nature as they spend a day following a trail in the woods"--