LONELY PLANET KIDS
Books for Housebound Families
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s we try to protect our families by social distancing and isolation, this presents a new challenge for parents .... keeping the kids and ourselves from going stir crazy. Here is a great selection of Lonely Planet Kids books that are both educational and inspirational to help make the most of our time at home.
The Travel Activity Book Explore over 70 countries and cultures around the world in this globetrotting activity and sticker book. Perform the haka with the New Zealand rugby team, race camels through the Algerian desert, and spot the difference between Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers. The adventure begins on Baffin Island in northern Canada, where you will learn about the mysterious Sasquatch, and will then travel across each continent before finishing in the Mariana Trench.
Hidden Wonders (ages 9 - 12) 150 strange and wondrous places await budding adventurers in this enchanting book. Discover the eerie crooked forest of Nowe Czarnowo in Poland, the invisible Kaleto Fortress hiding on the northern slopes of the Balkan Mountains and the beautiful (yet unpronounceable)Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu Hill in New Zealand, which at 85 letters long, has been listed by the Guinness Book of World Recordsas the longest place name in the world.
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Top: Two brothers reading. Photo: Victoria Borodinova from Pexels.
