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Lonely Planet Around the World in 50 Ways (Lonely Planet Kids) Kindle Edition

by Dan Smith (Author), Frances Castle (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
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Set off from London and travel across the globe. Then try to make it back! In Lonely Planet Kids' Around the World in 50 Ways, kids choose their favourite routes and transportation, from tuk-tuks and sleds, to steamboats and hot-air balloons. They'll visit famous cities and exotic, far-flung places - and learn amazing facts about each destination along the way. But they'll need to be careful: not every path will take them where they want to go!

Welcome to the Tower of London! That's the starting point of this amazing adventure. But what's the next leg of the journey? That depends on the transportation chosen. Once aboard, kids can discover all about these amazing machines and how they work. Then upon arriving at their next destination, they'll get to explore the local area and see what makes it so interesting and unique.

With over 20 possible routes, who knows where they'll end up?

About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.

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    February 1, 2018
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"Consider for readers with wanderlust."―School Library Journal

"Readers become explorers and decide where to go in this choose-your-own-adventure travel book. On each spread, readers can select where to jet off to next by choosing from various real-life transportation options (air, ship, train, bike, camel) or by dabbling in some time travel...Consider for readers with wanderlust."―School Library Journal

"Hands up if you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure Books? Around the World in 50 Ways is the same concept, except a whole lot funner.... Bright and colourful illustrations fill every page. After reading a quick and informative blurb, the reader chooses between three options and then forges their own path across the globe."―MBA Mama Musings

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B078JYN3ZS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lonely Planet Kids (February 1, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 326612 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
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    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 57 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
57 global ratings
Excellent Book to Travel the World!
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Excellent Book to Travel the World!
Around the World in 50 Ways allows you to choose your own adventure. Will you choose a ride in a JEEP? A cruise ship, train or bus? Or even ride around town on a bicycle? Your journey begins in London and then your adventure begins! it will ask you "Where next?" and you will have to make a choice? We chose the boat and it instructed us to go to page 8. Ahh how awesome! On page 8, we boarded our cruise ship! It not only shows you a drawing of your cabin, but tells you about your cruise ship with some fun facts! For example, each week the kitchen cooks up 18,000 slices of pizza! Your next choice is to either go 1 day east or 4 days west. We chose 4 days west so we could stay on the ship longer! Where did we end up? In the greatest city in the world! New York City! Again, there is a description of the Big Apple and some of the sights you will see. So many amazing cities in the world. This book is awesome to use with a globe! I have to admit, there were a couple of cities I had to look up! A fun way for your child to have an adventure or just read about cities in our world. Personally, I liked having the choice of where to go and the mystery involved. It is also nice because the kids can put the book down and pick it up again and again. It's always a new adventure! It reminds me of the "Choose your own ending" or "Choose your own adventure" books we have and enjoy. An excellent book. If I could make it better in any way, I would prefer actual pictures of the cities instead of the drawings. Definitely not a negative though! Keep in mind, if you choose the right route, it will take you around the world and you will end up back in London where you began your journey. If not, you will find the "Dead End" sign. No worries because each page can be a new choice with a new adventure!
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Olivia
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book to Travel the World!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2018
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Around the World in 50 Ways allows you to choose your own adventure. Will you choose a ride in a JEEP? A cruise ship, train or bus? Or even ride around town on a bicycle? Your journey begins in London and then your adventure begins! it will ask you "Where next?" and you will have to make a choice? We chose the boat and it instructed us to go to page 8. Ahh how awesome! On page 8, we boarded our cruise ship! It not only shows you a drawing of your cabin, but tells you about your cruise ship with some fun facts! For example, each week the kitchen cooks up 18,000 slices of pizza! Your next choice is to either go 1 day east or 4 days west. We chose 4 days west so we could stay on the ship longer! Where did we end up? In the greatest city in the world! New York City! Again, there is a description of the Big Apple and some of the sights you will see. So many amazing cities in the world. This book is awesome to use with a globe! I have to admit, there were a couple of cities I had to look up! A fun way for your child to have an adventure or just read about cities in our world. Personally, I liked having the choice of where to go and the mystery involved. It is also nice because the kids can put the book down and pick it up again and again. It's always a new adventure! It reminds me of the "Choose your own ending" or "Choose your own adventure" books we have and enjoy. An excellent book. If I could make it better in any way, I would prefer actual pictures of the cities instead of the drawings. Definitely not a negative though! Keep in mind, if you choose the right route, it will take you around the world and you will end up back in London where you began your journey. If not, you will find the "Dead End" sign. No worries because each page can be a new choice with a new adventure!
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Olivia
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book to Travel the World!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2018
Around the World in 50 Ways allows you to choose your own adventure. Will you choose a ride in a JEEP? A cruise ship, train or bus? Or even ride around town on a bicycle? Your journey begins in London and then your adventure begins! it will ask you "Where next?" and you will have to make a choice? We chose the boat and it instructed us to go to page 8. Ahh how awesome! On page 8, we boarded our cruise ship! It not only shows you a drawing of your cabin, but tells you about your cruise ship with some fun facts! For example, each week the kitchen cooks up 18,000 slices of pizza! Your next choice is to either go 1 day east or 4 days west. We chose 4 days west so we could stay on the ship longer! Where did we end up? In the greatest city in the world! New York City! Again, there is a description of the Big Apple and some of the sights you will see. So many amazing cities in the world. This book is awesome to use with a globe! I have to admit, there were a couple of cities I had to look up! A fun way for your child to have an adventure or just read about cities in our world. Personally, I liked having the choice of where to go and the mystery involved. It is also nice because the kids can put the book down and pick it up again and again. It's always a new adventure! It reminds me of the "Choose your own ending" or "Choose your own adventure" books we have and enjoy. An excellent book. If I could make it better in any way, I would prefer actual pictures of the cities instead of the drawings. Definitely not a negative though! Keep in mind, if you choose the right route, it will take you around the world and you will end up back in London where you began your journey. If not, you will find the "Dead End" sign. No worries because each page can be a new choice with a new adventure!
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K. Varraso
5.0 out of 5 stars What a Fun Way To Travel (through Geography)
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2018
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I loved this book. You start in London, at the beginning of the book, and you are given two (or more) options, asking you how to travel (or how long you want to travel). Each choice brings you to another city around the world, where you read a little bit about why the city is important, or more importantly, why the city is fun and interesting. The aim of the book is to go to all the different cities and end up back in London, withou hitting a "dead end" page, which means you have to start over again. It's not easy, but it is fun. Even kids who are not willing readers will love this game/book.

For fifth graders who read well, right on through to adults, this is a great book. I'd even recommend it for younger kids who have a strong interest in travel, especially if there is an interested adult to help with the reading. When my own daughter was young, this book would have been ideal for her. She used to travel everywhere with me, and her goal was to fill her passport with stamps and visas before it expired. (Didn't happen, but it was fun trying!)

So far, I haven't found a Lonely Planet for Kids book that wasn't a winner. They're a fun, lighthearted way to instill an interest in the larger world than your neighborhood. This one is a really fun one, and I recommend it highly. Heck, I enjoyed playing/reading with it, and I haven't been a kid in a long, long, long time!
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W. Simpsen
5.0 out of 5 stars Choose your own adventure
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2019
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This is a fun interactive book for a target audience of ages 9 to 12. My kids all enjoyed it, as did I, so I think that range is very flexible. This book reminds of the choose your own adventure books I used to read as a kid, in which you choose where to go or how to deal with things that arise during the story. Around the World in 50 Ways starts the readers in London and they choose how to go from there, by car or train, east or west, etc. Depending on the choice, you end up in a different wonderful city.

Each city has a colorful layout with illustrations and short snipets of interesting information about the location. I really like that it has things like text boxes and bullet points. It makes it easy to quickly read and move on to the next place on my journey. I think this is also important for young readers who don't want to read a large block of factual text. They can absorb a few short items about a lot of well-known places. I think Lonely Planet did an excellent job of creating a book that will interest and inform kids.
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Benjamin Lukoff
4.0 out of 5 stars So fun! Currently my preschooler's favorite book
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2018
As others have said, this is essentially Choose Your Own Destination. My preschooler absolutely loves this. I think I've probably heard of all the places in this book, but I'm sure not too many other kids that age have heard of Wuppertal and Chiang Mai! I love the variety of places they go, and the different modes of transportation, too. The tidbits about each destination are cool. I suppose it's understandable that they don't go into too much detail of the negatives (e.g., when it comes to Johannesburg or Berlin). A few things I think could have been better: 1) Maps! Even small ones would have helped. My preschooler may now know Wuppertal, but doesn't have any idea where it is in relation to home. 2) Photos! I can see how these might have cluttered things up, but small photos might have made this more interesting. (And there are plenty of free ones they could have used, if cost was going to be an issue.) 3) Did Zak really have to be a white boy? In this day and age, at least having a boy and a girl, and one of them being of color, would have been a nice touch.

But, overall, I think this book is pretty cool. I know I'd have loved it when I was in preschool.
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Indoorsy Dog Person
5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Adventure Each Time
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2018
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My son really enjoyed this book. It is a “Choose Your Own Travel Adventure” book which means the book starts out on a London adventure on the first page but from there, you get to choose how you’d like to travel from either a train, bus, or boat. Depending on which you choose, you are directed to a different page and therefore a different location based on that choice. Each new choice gives you yet again, more choices, you get to travel all over the world with different modes of transportation with the object to find your way back to London. Each time you read the book and start the adventure, it can be a different adventure if you make different choices.

My 12 year old son says "5 Stars".
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Mz
5.0 out of 5 stars Interessante e utile
Reviewed in Italy on April 24, 2023
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book!
Reviewed in India on April 12, 2022
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An excellent book. It is fun to read. My travel enthusiastic child loves this book
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Patricia W.
5.0 out of 5 stars Livro bacana paracrianca
Reviewed in Brazil on May 13, 2020
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Minha filha está usando este livro na escola. É muito bom e didático.
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Yorkie
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun way for kids to develop interest in the world around them and to sow the seeds of wanderlust
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2018
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Both my boys (8 and 10) loved this. A fantastic idea and well executed. Educates and cultivates an interest in travel and the world in a fun way. Don't expect massive insight on each place - it is done with a light touch, but in doing so it seems to be pitched at the right level and works well. It has certainly wetted my kids appetite - they are now keen to visit various cities around the world. Thanks LP - a really good book.
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Mrs Giles
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2021
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Bought for my granddaughter who lives abroad and travels a lot. She absolutely loves this book.
You have to get from one city to another using different modes of transport. She has great fun using it.
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