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Take a world tour through 200 countries with this brand new edition of the bestselling kids' version of Lonely Planet's popular The Travel Book, loaded with thousands of amazing facts on wildlife, how people live, sports, hideous and mouthwatering food, festivals and a wide range of other quirky insights on every page. Every single country gets its own dedicated page, and a mix of photography and beautiful illustrations brings each land to life. Perfect for keeping explorers aged 8 years and up entertained on the road. Authors: Lonely Planet Kids About Lonely Planet Kids: From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. We're kick-starting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet is. Our mission is to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the magnificent place it is. A big adventure awaits! Come explore. Award-winning children's titles from Lonely Planet include The Amazing World Atlas (Independent Publisher Award, Gold for Juvenile Multicultural Non-fiction, 2015), How to Be a Space Explorer (Independent Publisher Award, Silver for Juvenile Non-fiction, 2015), Not For Parents The Travel Book, Not For Parents Paris, Not For Parents London, Not For Parents New York City, and Not For Parents Rome (all Parent Tested Parent Approved winners, 2012). Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Series: Lonely Planet Kids
Hardcover: 212 pages
Publisher: Lonely Planet; 1 edition (October 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1743607741
ISBN-13: 978-1743607749
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 0.7 x 12 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #15,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #8 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Reference > Atlases #14 in Books > Children's Books > Geography & Cultures > Travel #115 in Books > Children's Books > Geography & Cultures > Explore the World
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
I am not sure what to say about this book. If this review was to be solely based on my children's enjoyment of this book then it would be 5 stars. If this is all that is important to you then read no further.I gave it four stars because this review is not based solely on how much kids loved this book, on its own I'd have given it a three. But my kids would have given it five stars so hence the compromise of four. They fought over the book, they brought it to school to show other kids, when told to read quietly to themselves they couldn't help but read parts aloud that they thought were so cool, I mean who knew there was such a thing as a volcano chicken or killer Mongolian worms (allegedly)? One daughter went so far as to take sticky notes and mark pages that had things she particularly liked on them.Now, I can't go and fact check everything in this book, and Lonely Planet says they can't either, sad disclaimer for them to make. But the main thing that bothers me is that I thought this would be a travel book, but it is not, it is more like a fun fact book or a Guiness Book of records kind of thing. I expected the book to be a travel book in that for each country it would list like major attractions a tourist should not miss, 'plato tipico', and so on. For some countries it did list a national dish, but not for all. I used to live in Nicaragua and I never once saw or heard of anyone surfing down Cerro Negro, most people visit Masaya for example, and no visitor should miss Ometepe or the ruins of the the Catedral de Santiago. It just seemed to me that the book was listing some things for shock value and not what people would really do when visiting.
“The Lonely Planet Kids Travel Book: Mind-Blowing Stuff on Every Country in the World” is a large – 9 3/8” X 12 ¼” X ¾” – coffee table-style volume of world trivia. Divided into five sections focusing on the major continents and a sixth section focusing on the fifteen countries comprising Oceania, the book contains a wealth of interesting factual tidbits about each of the individual 202 countries discussed. Each country receives one page on which its information is written.The six sections of the book are separated by the color of the “cards” shown at the top of the page. These colors correspond to the index’s colored boxes showing the countries of that continent or area. Countries are arranged within the sections in alphabetical order, the top card shows the country’s name and a depiction of its flag. The center of the card shows a silhouette of the country, the countries bordering it, and the location of its capital city. At the card’s bottom, the population size, landmass, and the life expectancy of its citizens, as well as the ranking of those facts in comparison with the rest of the world, completes the . The bottom card contains some interesting facts or trivia about the highlighted country.In addition to the “fact cards”, each page is richly illustrated using beautiful photographs – a hallmark of Lonely Planet guidebooks - or child-like artwork that shows no depth, detail, or perspective. Print, like that of every Lonely Planet book, is extremely small. Because the information is printed on a colored background and the pages are so busy, reading may be difficult.
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