Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail

This picture book tells the story of Emma "Grandma" Gatewood's thru-hike of the Appalachian trail for a kid audience. The illustrations are nice (the various maps of the trail are standouts), and I suspect the idea of a grandmother setting out on her own with a knapsack to hike from Georgia to Maine would spark the imaginations of a lot of kids. Some good light info on the trail and what you might find there, including a longer text write-up (as well as a timeline) of the history of the trail and of Gatewood's walking it at the end of the book. I enjoyed this and am sending it to one of my nieces for her birthday.

I enjoyed this story with its beautifully drawn pictures. Grandma Gatewood is a plain simple woman who at age 67 in 1955 decides to hike through the Appalachian Trail. I loved the illustrated maps allowing readers to visit specific places on the Appalachian Trail. I see this book also as girl power it teaches us that girls can do whatever we set our minds to.

I enjoyed this book; it was a great read. I knew of the Appalachian trail, but I didn't know anyone walked and hiked the whole thing without stopping except only to sleep and eat. Being 67 years old, I would have never guessed she would have finished the trail much less even start the trail. She had great perseverance and determination in hiking an finishing this trail. The trail is 2,190 miles long and goes through 11 states, which is 5 million steps for a human to walk. She met many great people and animals along the way, but the best and most desired place was to be alone with herself in the woods between the trees and plants. I think her message was to never give up and follow your dreams because anything is possible. If the reader show more doesn't believe that just look at her age, she was 67 years old and still completed what she wanted too. Age is just a number anything is possible! show less

great story!!!!!