The Hetch Hetchy Environmental Debates are a very heated exchange between good people on both sides.
The dam is damaged in "Paul Bunyan and Me in Yosemite" and almost destroyed, but it is not a move to prove how or that one side wins over the other.
It is only to show how damaging a bull headed move can be (when babe the bull or ox rams and destroys it) after Paul tries to convince him of the danger of not thinking it through.
Babe only remembers the beauty and his old friends who lived in the valley before, not realizing the suffering his actions may cause.
A simple lesson that is not political, but meant to teach the kids the importance of thinking about both sides of each argument and to think before acting.
Adults can also see an opportunity to teach children their own point of view no matter what side they lean towards. Hopefully this clears up any confusion about my intentions in the book.
Kids everywhere are going to love it. We look through the eyes or lives of trees, and animals who live in Yosemite.
How Climate changes our world, or how they feel about our trash and we work out ways to understand the dangers of speeding and many other issues I notice over the many years visiting the National Parks. You hardly notice. Not preachy.
Not a boring tree hugging book that will put your kids to sleep, as much as it is a fun for kids + education looking through other point of views, while trying to hold on to for dear life as Paul Bunyan jumps hundreds of feet below after placing you in his shirt pocket.
Leading into a battle in book two with Kokopelli who is causing havoc and is angry with people.
Kokopelli art is coming
We discover a way to contain him with a basket weaved by a famous Yosemite basket weaver.
Lucy Telles
It will be a fun filled book loaded with a punch in the right direction for this new generation who needs to understand how our planet works.
We need no encourage them to get out of the house and feel the world around them.
It is great to see it on TV, but even better to get out and sleep in it, breath it, taste the springs water and swim in the lakes.
It is hard to love a world from a still or moving picture. Just as it is hard to love a food you never tasted.