While the story of a nuclear family (Mom, Dad, sister Emily and brother Michael) isn't actually much of a story, the questions that the kids ask, and that their knowledgeable parents answer, provide a lot of information about the different animals that inhabit Acadia National Park and the signs they leave behind them.

Great horned owl, white-tailed deer, porcupine, snowshoe hare, coyotes, red fox, river otters, raccoons, bats, chipmunk, and black bear tracks and scat are all depicted in a neat chart on the final double-page spread. ( )