Big Bend Is Not In London (Junior Rangers On A Mission) (Volume 1)

Inspired by the many Junior Ranger badges earned by their children in the National Park System, Jennifer and Margaret created the protagonists Tara and Adam. Join them on one of many Junior Ranger adventures! On their first trip to a National Park, inspired by the Junior Ranger pledge, ten-year-old Tara and her little brother Adam turn their family camping trip into an adventure in search of a trash bandit. In solving this mystery, Tara and Adam learn about the wilds of this beautiful West Texas National Park and do a good deed.

Jennifer Sonnen Zimmerle is a retired high school math teacher, mother of two, grandmother of three, and hails from San Antonio, Texas. She has traveled throughout the U.S. seeing the sites and visiting National Parks since she was a child. Her first visit to Big Bend National Park was in 1973. Big Bend National Park has since become a regular camping adventure for Jennifer. She aspires to write a series of books on the National Parks to which she has traveled with her co-author and her children. Margaret Keim Wortham is a primary school teacher of 21 years, living in La Vernia, Texas. She has two children, and two grandpuppies. She loves all of the arts, gardening, cooking, playing games, and traveling the world over. She especially loves the great outdoors, bicycling, swimming, and of course camping in the National Parks. The vast open spaces and beauty of Big Bend National Park makes it among her favorite of the Parks. She is looking forward to more National Park camping to research the next Tara and Adam Junior Ranger adventure.