OUR NEXT GUESTS HAVE WRITTEN AN
ADORABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK THAT
CELEBRATES OUR NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM.
PLEASE WELCOME THE LOVELY FORMER
FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH AND THE
BEAUTIFUL JENNA BUSH.
HI, LADIES.
HI.
WELL, THIS BOOK IS GREAT AND
IT'S GOT THIS GREAT LISTING IN
THE BACK REFERENCING ALL OF THE
NATIONAL PARKS AND IT MAKES ME
THINK YOU HAD GREAT EXPERIENCES
GROWING UP, JENNA.
IT -- YEAH.
I SURE HAVE.
I HAVE A MOTHER WHO IS A
SELF-PROCLAIMED AND PROUD NERD
OF THE NATIONAL PARK HERSELF.
AND SOMEBODY WHO REAL INSPIRES
ME TO GET OUT DOORS AND USE
IMAGINATION AND I THINK WE BOTH
HAVE THE LOVE OF THE NATIONAL
PARKS AND ALSO JUST SEEING
OUTDOORS FROM OUR MOM.
AND FROM THAT WORKING
TOGETHER AND WRITING CHILDREN'S
BOOKS, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE.
YEAH.
REALLY GOOD TIME WRITING THIS
ONE.
I'VE HIKED IN THE NATIONAL PARKS
FOR 30 YEARS WITH FRIENDS OF
MINE THAT I GREW UP WITH IN WEST
TEXAS.
ONE YEAR WE INVITED OUR DAUGHTER
TO JOIN US.
AND CAMPED OUT.
BUT THEY NEVER INVITED US AGAIN.
OH, NO!
[LAUGHS]
THAT WAS IT.
IT WAS SUCH A MAGICAL TRIP.
WE SHARED A TENT.
WHEN MY MOM WAS FIRST LADY AND
LIVING IN ONE OF THE FINEST
HOMES.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
MEMORIES THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU
FOREVER.
HOW IS THE BOOK BEING RECEIVED
IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND KIDS
STAYING INDOORS?
THAT'S ONE OF THE POINTS IN
THE BOOK.
THAT IS LITTLE JANE, OUR LITTLE
PROTAGONIST LOVES TO LOOK AT
HER -- PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND TEXT
HER FRIENDS AND LOOK AT HER
TABLET.
TAKE SELFIES.
AND HER MOTHER WANTS HER TO LOOK
UP AND PUT THE SCREENS DOWN.
SO THE MOTHER AND DAD PLAN THIS
GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
VISITING NATIONAL PARKS FROM THE
EVERGLADES ALL THE WAY TO
YOSEMITE.
BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE BIG
BEND, SHE PUT HER SCREEN DOWN
AND STARTED LOOKING UP AT THE
SKY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN
ARE OUTSIDE AND HAVE THE CHANCE
TO BE OUTSIDE IN NATURE AND PUT
THOSE SCREENS DOWN AND IT'S
REALLY ALSO A MESSAGE TO PARENTS
TO DO THE SAME THING.
AND THIS BOOK IS TARGETED AT
THAT PERFECT AGE FOR THIS TOO.
ONCE THEY'RE TEENAGERS EVEN
THOUGH IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT
TO DO, YOU HAVE TO REALLY PRY
THE DEVICES OUT OF THEIR HANDS.
SO THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
AND -- THOSE ARE THE MEMORIES.
I KNOW THEY THINK THEY'RE
COLLECTING MEMORIES BY SNAPPING
PICTURES EVERYWHERE THEY GO.
BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT DOWN THE
ROAD.
THIS IS A GREAT STORY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HOW DID YOU BALANCE
EVERYTHING YOU DO TO PUT THIS
TOGETHER?
YEAH.
WE DID.
I WROTE IT -- WE WROTE IT ON
MATERNITY LEAVE WITH MY YOUNGEST
BABY POPPY.
I DIDN'T HAVE MY FULL-TIME JOB.
I HAD THE JOB OF BEING A MOTHER
WHICH IS THE HARDEST AND I WAS
REALLY INSPIRED BY MY GIRLS AND
BY MY MEMORIES.
I THINK ALL NEW MOMS CAN RELATE
WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING THIS BABY
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT
FOR THEM AND THE LIVES YOU WANT
THEM TO HAVE.
AND WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO
YOUR CHILDHOOD AND MY FOPPEDEST
MEMORIES -- FONDEST MEMORIES
WERE SPENT OUTDOORS.
AND MY PARENTS FACE TIME WITH MY
GIRLS EVERY FIGHT.
SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY TO JUST BE.
THERE IS RESEARCH THAT THIS
GENERATION GOES OUTSIDE LESS
THAN ANY GENERATION IN THE
HISTORY OF MAN.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE MAKE SURE OUR
CHILDREN PLAY OUTSIDE.
AND WE PAY ATTENTION TO THEM.
HOPEFULLY THIS BOOK WILL SET
THE PATH.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.