Teddy Roosevelt grew up with a great love of nature. When he became the 26th president of the United States, he was called the “conservationist president”.
He was a force of nature.
I was hoping Brad Meltzer would write about another president.
I was shocked by how much this man accomplished in his lifetime. He created the U.S. Forest Service and established 5 national parks, 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 4 national game preserves, 18 national monuments, and saved over 250 million acres of American public lands. WOW!
Christopher Eliopoulos, the illustrator, outdid himself with the illustrations of the wilderness, especially the two-page spread of the Grand Canyon.
The 11-minute episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum about Teddy Roosevelt came out years before this book. Both the episode and the book promote the message of preserving and protecting nature.
Brad Meltzer’s website has already revealed the cover of the next book in the series, and it’s about two people I’ve been hoping he would write about for years! It comes out in October, and I already can’t wait!