The Not-For-Parents Travel Book
Lonely Planet Not For Parents Series
Author: Lonely Planet
Book 1 in the Lonely Planet Not For Parents series
Pages: 208
Published: 2011
Age: 8+
This is not a guidebook. And it is definitely 'not-for-parents'. Cool stuff to know about every country in the world. Everyone knows the world’s highest mountain, but do you know which country banned chewing gum? Or what’s the world’s stinkiest fruit? Or who invented roller skates? Or which building leans more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Or where can you eat fried spiders as a snack?
The world is a very big place, and in The Not-for-Parents Travel Book we’ve concentrated on the really interesting bits to create a snapshot of what each country is like. (Warning to parents: these might not be the same “really interesting bits” that you like…where to buy coffee, how many stars the hotel has, what’s the phone number for the airport, blah, blah, blah.)
In this book are the epic events, amazing animals, hideous histories, funky foods, and crazy facts that make the world’s 200 countries so fascinating.
Each country has a dedicated page that’s jam-packed with up-to-the-minute stats, record-breaking facts, hideous histories, epic events, and wild and wacky critters. Plus you'll get to know the really important stuff like population, lingo, capital city, currency and national pastimes. And so we say bon voyage and happy travelling!
About the Lonely Planet Not For Parents Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Not-For-Parents Travel Book(2011)
- 2.Not-For-Parents Rome(2011)
- 3.Not-For-Parents London(2011)
- 4.Not-For-Parents Paris(2011)
- 5.Not-For-Parents New York City(2011)
- 6.Not-For-Parents Great Britain(2012)
- 7.Not-For-Parents China(2012)
- 8.Not-For-Parents Australia(2012)
- 9.Not-For-Parents USA(2012)
- 10.Not-For-Parents Africa(2013)
- 11.Not-For-Parents South America(2013)
- 12.Not-For-Parents Europe(2013)
- 13.Not-For-Parents Asia(2013)
- +Extreme Planet(2012)
- +How to be a Dinosaur Hunter(2013)
- +How to be a World Explorer(2012)
- +The Real Wonders of the World(2013)
Reading age: 8+ years
Lonely Planet are all about inspiring and empowering people to get out there and explore the world, no matter who you are or where you’re from. But recently they realised that they had been unintentionally leaving a very important group of travellers out of the picture: kids.
No longer. That’s why they have released a brand new Not For Parents series – for budding travel lovers 8 and up.
Not For Parents opens up the world to a whole new generation of adventurers – with intriguing stories and fascinating facts about people, places, history and culture from around the world. From hideous histories to funky food, they cover all the cool stuff to know and are jam-packed with photos, illustrations and cartoons.
A warning to parents: these might not be the same ‘really interesting’ (read: boring) bits that you like…where to buy coffee, how many stars the hotel has, and other things likely to put your kid right to sleep. Instead these books cover actually cool stuff everyone should know like where you can see Platform 9 ¾ in real life, why New York taxis are painted yellow, and—that burning question that every youngster is dying to ask—did the ancient Romans wear underpants? You'll just have to wait and see...