Not-For-Parents USA
Lonely Planet Not For Parents Series
Author: Lonely Planet
Book 9 in the Lonely Planet Not For Parents series
Pages: 96
Published: 2012
Age: 8+
This is not a guidebook. And it is definitely 'not-for-parents'. It is the real, inside story about one of the world's most exciting countries – the United States of America. In this book you'll hear fascinating tales about the Wild West, cockroach races, a massive canyon, and weddings in Vegas.
Check out cool stories about candy bars and movie stars, beauty queens and blue jeans. You'll find astronauts, gangsters, pilgrims, and some amazingly heroic dogs.
This book shows you a United States of America your parents probably don't even know about!
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...