LONELY PLANET KIDS 2018 CATALOGUE
New title
Ancient Wonders: Then & Now
The Daredevil's Guide to Dangerous Places
Lift the flaps and step back in time
Hazard hunters Eddie and Junko are exploring
From the Roman Colosseum and Pyramids of Giza, to Machu Picchu and Stonehenge, we’ve structures and reveal how they were built, as well as their huge influence on modern life and tourism. By opening the gatefolds and lifting the flaps, kids will travel back in time to discover why these wonders were constructed and their role in ancient life.
some of the most extreme environments on Earth – places no-one should really venture! But don’t worry, they have their dangermobile bristling with gadgets to tackle any eventuality. Kids will discover the fires of erupting Stromboli, the fastest winds on Earth at Mt Washington, Brazil’s venomous Snake Island, and much more. • A tongue-in-cheek and fascinating adventure • Amazing facts about each nerve-racking place • Packed with a mix of illustrations and photos
• An interactive look at how people used to live • Introduces world history in a fun, engaging way • Beautifully illustrated and packed with facts
£12.99 | September 2018 | 9781787013391 | 254mm x 275mm | BB Hardback | 24 Pages | Ages 7+
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picked some of the world’s greatest man-made
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New title
£8.99 | September 2018 | 9781787016941 | 240mm x 185mm | BC Paperback / softback | 80 Pages | Ages 8+
3
New title
How Airports Work Where does luggage go after check in? What
A globetrotting journey through style
happens in the control tower? How do aeroplanes
From the Indian sari and Mexican Day of the
actually take off? From a peek inside the
Dead costumes, to Chinese wedding dresses and
maintenance hangar to the hustle and bustle of
Scottish tartan, this sketchbook takes children
departures, this interactive, lift-the-flaps book
on a seriously fashionable journey to discover the
reveals the hidden secrets of the airport, ensuring
unique and diverse clothing, styles and fabrics
kids and parents never look at their holidays in
from different cultures around the world.
the same way again. • The follow-up to our popular How Cities Work • Packed full of facts and charming illustrations • Covers the earliest airports to the modern day
• A fashionable introduction to how other people live and dress • The stories behind colours, festival dresses and fabric patterns • Lots of space for children to design and colour their own outfits
£12.99 | September 2018 | 9781787012929 | 254mm x 275mm | BB Hardback | 24 Pages | Ages 7+
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Around the World Fashion Sketchbook
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Going behind the scenes at the airport
New title
£7.99 | June 2018 | 9781787014442 | 270mm x 216mm | BC Paperback / softback | 80 Pages | Ages 7+
5
New titles
Cardboard Box Creations
Sticker World
What’s possible with a cardboard box? No longer
Doodle, sticker & create
destined for the bin, we show kids how to recycle and create amazing things, from familiar and everyday objects like a suitcase, guitar and hot air balloon, to famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Golden Gate Bridge and the Great Pyramid at Giza. • A fun and crafty antidote to a throwaway world • Step-by-step instructions to get kids building • Includes a starter kit of sheets with cutting edges
From designing super-fast roller coasters to picking their favourite animals, kids can create the theme park, museum and zoo of their dreams in these fun, interactive books. As chief planner, architect and builder, they can add colourful stickers, doodles and drawings to each page to bring their constructions to life.
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• Part doodle book, part sticker book • The latest titles in our popular Sticker World series
£11.99 | October 2018 | 9781787018075 | 220mm x 190mm | Paperback | 48 Pages | Ages 5+
• Encourages kids to get creative
101 Small Ways to Change the World This practical and creative book inspires children to make a difference in the world. From random acts of kindness to energy-saving ideas, we encourage positive values, gratitude and generosity, helping kids to strengthen relationships with family, their community and the environment. • Divided into three sections: caring for others, yourself and the planet • Empowers children – telling them they’re important and their actions matter
Sticker World - Museum 9781787011342
Sticker World - Theme Park 9781787011366
Sticker World - Zoo 9781787011380
• Helps instill the importance of being kind and conscientious £9.99 | October 2018 | 9781787014862 | 210mm x 165mm | BB Hardback | 112 Pages | Ages 8+
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£5.99 | February 2018 | 270mm x 216mm | BC Paperback / softback | 40 Pages | Ages 5+
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New series
New titles
First Words
First Words Board Books
100 words for young children to learn
Language for infants
These new additions to our First Words series bring the Japanese, Mandarin and Italian languages to
Text: These handy board books are perfect for introducing infants and very young children to
life for children and the whole family. Each beautifully illustrated phrasebook contains 100 words to
language. Coming in a convenient travel size, it features 12 words to learn – from sun and shoes to
use while travelling, from categories like food and transport to animals and weather.
beach and book. Each word is accompanied with a beautiful illustration and pronunciation guide to
• Gorgeous illustrations and simple pronunciation guides making learning a new vocabulary fun and easy
make the vocabulary fun and easy to learn.
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• A free online audio tool allows kids to hear each word spoken by a native child £8.99 | March 2018 | 197mm x 128mm | BC Flexibound | 208 Pages | Ages 5+
First Words - Italian 9781787012677
First Words - Japanese 9781787012691
First Words - Mandarin 9781787012714
First Words - Italian 9781788682480
First Words - Japanese 9781788682466
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First Words - Mandarin 9781788682473
Hola!
First Words - French | March 2017 | 9781786575272 First Words - Spanish | March 2017 | 9781786573162 First Words - English | March 2017 | 9781786577375
£8.99 | 197mm x 128mm | BC Flexibound | 208 Pages | Ages 5+
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£5.99 | October 2018 | 178mm x 178mm | BH Board book | 26 Pages | Ages 0-2
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New series
Around the World in 50 Ways
My Family Travel Map
Time for kids to explore the world like never before
Fold-out, fact-filled regional posters to complete
From tuk-tuks and sleds to steamboats and hot-air
unfolds into a poster, ready for kids to personalise by adding stickers to mark their family’s travels and
balloons, kids will journey to famous cities and explore
favourite locations. But that’s not all! Flipping the map over reveals lots of fun facts about each country.
exotic, far-flung locations as they discover the world like
• Kids can mark their dream destinations
never before in this choose-how-you-travel adventure.
• Stickers include wild weather and cool creatures
• A unique and fun-filled voyage of discovery • With over 20 possible routes, no journey’s the same • Awesome facts about each mode of transport and destination
Introducing the regional versions of our original My Family Travel Map. Each giant continental map
• Great for summer holidays and trip planning
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£9.99 | April 2018 | 305mm x 230mm | BC Paperback / softback | 16 Pages | Ages 7+
£11.99 | February 2018 | 9781786577559 | 240mm x 185mm | BC Paperback / softback | 164 Pages | Ages 7+
Brain Teasers Puzzles, challenges and games for young and old Packed with puzzles, riddles, dingbats and more, this fun and challenging companion to Boredom Buster
My Family Travel Map - Australia 9781787013209
My Family Travel Map - Europe 9781787013216
My Family Travel Map - North America 9781787013223
and Round the World Quiz will test the whole family. Travel-themed, it’s perfect for car journeys, holidays and rainy days.
Also in this series:
• Puzzles increase in difficulty through the book
My Family Travel Map
• Keeps kids occupied on short and long trips • Helps to develop logic and reasoning skills £7.99 | April 2018 | 9781787013148 | 200mm x 200mm | BC Paperback / softback | 160 Pages | Ages 5+
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A fold-out, fact-filled poster of the whole world to complete £9.99 | April 2016 | 9781760341015 | 305mm x 230mm, 610mm x 950mm unfolded | Cased concertina binding | 16 two-sided panels | Ages 7+
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New titles
My Holiday Drawing Book Pencils and colouring pens at the ready!
World’s Strangest Weird and wonderful animals and places around the world
With sections on how to draw people, understanding
World’s Strangest unearths the most spectacular and mind-boggling animals and places around the
perspective and using different materials, plus step-
world. In each book, we reveal our ultimate top 40 list alongside jaw-dropping facts, colourful maps
by-step instructions throughout, this practical and
and amazing photos. Entries include exploding ants, goblin sharks, preying piranhas and mysterious
interactive journal will inspire any child to get creative
forgotten cities.
on their next trip.
• Our strange-o-meter ranks each entry’s oddness
• Lots of space to sketch, draw and colour in
• Full-page photos get kids up close and personal
• Filled with imaginative prompts and ideas
• Shows just how incredibly diverse Earth can be
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• Introduces kids to new skills and techniques £8.99 | April 2018 | 9781787013162 | 210mm x 165mm | BB Hardback | 72 Pages | Ages 5+
My Holiday Scrapbook Inspires kids to bring their holidays back home This fun scrapbook provides a place for kids to collect and store mementoes from their travels, with lots of space to add tickets, photos and other souvenirs. • Helps keep items safe and in one place • Plenty of room for kids to get creative • Ideas to help younger ones get started
£7.99 | April 2018 | 9781787013186 | 305mm x 230mm | BB Hardback | 48 Pages | Ages 5+
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World's Strangest Creepy Crawlies 9781787012974
World's Strangest Ocean Beasts 9781787013018
World's Strangest Places 9781787012998
World's Strangest Predators 9781787013032
£8.99 | August 2018 | 240mm x 185mm | 80 Pages | Paperback | Ages 5+
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New title
Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum
Dinosaur Atlas
Calling all dinosaur experts! We need your help.
Amazing facts, pull-outs and life-size fossils
We’ve just received a new crate of dinosaur fossils – and they need assembling! As the museum’s
Travel back in time 150 million years. Open the gatefolds to reveal lost prehistoric lands and the
resident dino expert, you’ll have to pick the correct room for each skeleton, then get building! There
dinosaurs that once roamed them. Uncover the latest dinosaur discoveries and read fascinating
are five pop-up skeletons to construct, including a Triceratops, Stegosaurus and T-rex, plus lots of
stories about how these ancient creatures lived – and who dug them up. Lift the flaps to unearth
prehistoric facts to discover.
photographs of life-size fossils and measure yourself against enormous bones, teeth and claws!
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Featuring stylish and iconic illustrations by James Gilleard.
£14.99 | October 2018 | 254mm x 275mm | BB Hardback | 24 Pages | Ages 6-8
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£12.99 | October 2017 | 9781786577184 | 254mm x 275mm with 8 gatefold spreads | Hardback | 32 pp | Ages 5+
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Brick City
Incredible Cabinet of Wonders
Colourful and clever creations Children and adults can discover the cities of New York, London and Paris constructed in LEGO®,
100 little doors to weird and wonderful artefacts from the world’s great museums
with famous landmarks and icons like the Empire State Building, Houses of Parliament and Eiffel
Open tiny doors, large doors and strange doors to museum collections
Tower recreated in amazing detail by top brick artists. Also includes 20 quick-build projects for
around the world – and discover their most astonishing, weird and
readers to construct their own icons, such as an underground train, Tour de France cyclist and hot
surprising objects. This extraordinary lift-the-flap book contains 14
dog stand.
themed cabinets, from toy makers and treasure hunters, to sailors and
• Each book is packed with facts, stories and insights
archaeologists. Each cabinet is beautifully brought to life by a different
• Perfect for anyone who loves each city or dreams of visiting
illustrator and full-colour photography.
• A fun and exciting way to bring each destination to life
Brick City - London 9781787018037
Brick City - New York 9781787018013
£9.99 | September 2018 | 128 Pages | 195mm x 145mm | BB Hardback | 1st Edition
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Brick City - Paris 9781787018051
£15.99 | October 2017 | 9781787011038 | 230mm x 270mm | Hardback | 28 pp | Ages 8–12
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The Animal Book
The Big Earth Book
Planet Earth. Four elements. One incredible
Over 100 incredible creatures and how we share our planet with them
How our planet was shaped by the four elements
through history, geography, science and
Animals are all around us, but sometimes we forget just how remarkable they are. In this beautiful hardback, we take a look at some of the world’s most incredible creatures, from those you can spot in jungles, deserts and freezing oceans. We explore our relationship with these animals and how humans are affecting their lives and habitats. Dawn Cooper’s
more. Take an amazing journey into the planet’s past and discover how four elements – earth, fire, air and water – created the world and everything that exists today. This book combines amazing facts with stunning photography and hand-drawn illustrations to bring our planet and its past to life in an exciting and engaging way.
wonderful illustrations are combined with vivid photographs and expert authorship.
£14.99 | September 2017 | 9781786574336 | 305mm x 230mm | Hardback | 164 pp | Ages 8–12
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in your back garden, to more endangered species
story. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride
also in this series...
The Travel Book | £14.99 | September 2015 | 9781743607718 305mm x 230mm | Hardback | 212 pp | Ages 8–12 The Cities Book | £14.99 | September 2016 | 9781786570185 305mm x 230mm | Hardback | 212 pp | Ages 8–12
£14.99 | October 2017 | 9781786576965 | 305mm x 230mm | Hardback | 256 pp | Ages 8–12
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How Animals Build
Let’s Explore!
Lift the flaps to discover amazing animal homes
Sticker activity books
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A series of sticker activity books that is perfect for any child with a sense of adventure. With fascinating facts, puzzles to solve and pages to colour and complete, little explorers will love discovering just how amazing our planet can be. Each book includes over 250 stickers.
£12.99 | September 2017 | 9781786576620 | 254mm x 275mm with 8 gatefold spreads | 24 pp | Ages 7–10
How Cities Work
Let’s Explore… City February 2017 | 9781786572295
Let’s Explore… Desert February 2017 | 9781786573124
Let’s Explore… Mountain February 2017 | 9781786573131
Let’s Explore… Ocean February 2016 | 9781760340407
Let’s Explore… Safari February 2016 | 9781760340391
Let’s Explore… Jungle February 2016 | 9781760340384
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Get ready to explore the incredible world of animal architects! Lift the flaps and open gatefolds to discover amazing animal homes up high, underground, on land and under the sea. From spider’s webs and rabbit warrens, to bird’s nests and ant colonies, we reveal the secrets to these extraordinary structures and learn how they’re built.
Puzzles, colouring-in and over 250 stickers!
also in this series...
This brilliant book takes younger readers to the heart of the city. Perforated flaps let you see what’s going on behind closed doors, while big gatefolds reveal what’s under the street you walk on every day. Stylishly illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock. £12.99 | November 2016 | 9781786570215 | 254mm x 275mm with 8 gatefold spreads | 24 pp | Ages 7–10
£5.99 | 305mm x 230mm | Paperback | 48 pp + 12 pp of stickers | Ages 5+
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City Trails Secrets, stories and other cool stuff
City Trails – Sydney October 2017 | 9781786579652
also in this series... City Trails – Barcelona October 2018 | 9781787014848
City Trails – Singapore October 2018 | 9781787014824
City Trails – London June 2016 | 9781760342272
City Trails – Washington D.C. October 2017 | 9781786577276
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City Trails – Rome October 2017 | 9781786579638
City Trails – Tokyo October 2017 | 9781786577252
City Trails – New York June 2016 | 9781760342258
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The City Trails series take children to the heart of cities around the world – all from the comfort of their own home! Packed with fascinating facts, fun illustrations and amazing photography, each book features a series of colourful, thematic trails, showcasing everything that’s gorgeous, gross, showstopping, fashionable and downright fabulous about the city.
City Trails – Paris June 2016 | 9781760342234
£8.99 | 200mm x 200mm | Flexibound | 104 pp | Ages 8-12
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