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Dean Publications, Published 1974. Wraps, 49 pp.; 28 cm; color photographic covers, two-color illustrations throughout, maps including a double-page park map and detail maps of the Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs areas. Photography by David Muench.
In Good condition. Staple bound. Cream pictorial paper covers with color photographs (Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone on front, steaming river at dusk on rear); light bumping increasing toward edges and corners, mild to moderate surface and edge wear, with light soiling, scuffing and toning. Rear cover printed as a mailing panel, unused. Binding tight. Pages mildly toned. Activity pages completed in pencil: dot-to-dot on p. 43 and road-sign quiz on p. 44, with word scramble on p. 45 circled in blue pencil. Otherwise unmarked. Laid in: publisher's card ("In this environment, we can wonder, learn and recreate without making a lasting impact on the land.") and unused "More Family Fun In" order form. Family guide and activity book for Yellowstone National Park, one of six titles in Dean Publications' "Family Fun Library" (companion volumes covered Joshua Tree, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Yosemite, Grand Teton, and Glacier and Waterton Lakes). Text sections cover park history from John Colter and Jim Bridger through the Washburn and Hayden expeditions and the 1872 act, camping, hiking, geology (geysers, hot springs, fumaroles and mud pots), fishing and boating, and illustrated checklists of common plants and animals. The "Road Guide" tours the Grand Loop mile by mile, with numbered points of interest keyed to the park map. Games and puzzles include a maze, the "Tic-Tac-Tour" board game, a crossword, dot-to-dot, road-sign quiz, word scramble and coloring pages, with answers and an index. The cartoon mascot "Mr. Yahooty," in a ranger hat, appears throughout. The rear cover was designed to be mailed home as a souvenir.