We have a very exciting case to share with you today, you could win this case full of children’s travel books with Lonely Planet. We recommend making space in your case, and your Christmas stockings, for these amazing titles.
We’ve all been there, about to board a plane, packing the car and the kids want to know ‘where are we actually going?’ That moment where you realise you haven’t quite got round to sharing all that info you’ve gleaned from your copy of Lonely Planet with them. 8 year olds – and especially 6 year olds I have found – can ask really loud and hard to answer questions about geography, culture and even socio-political situations in the countries they visit. Googling as you go is great, but inspiring them with their own children’s travel books is a great way to foster their own love of travel.
Lonely Planet shared with us four of their newest and most exciting titles, specially designed to kick start the travel bug and open kids’ minds to the world around them. We love that they are quirky, packed full of unusual facts and inspirational stories. They would make fabulous gifts and christmas presents.
Travel Books for older children (8 plus)
Tired of following other people’s rules? Think you can do better? Now’s your chance. We’ll show you how to design a completely new nation from scratch. You’ll choose where it’s located, what it looks like, how many people live in it, what they do and how they travel. You’ll get to decide, organise, govern and judge. You can be king, queen, big chief, emperor, president or dictator. Because right here, right now, you rule!
Helen tested this on her 8 year old son:
Well, you can imagine how enticing this sounded to an eight-year-old. The Bug got stuck into this lovely book straight away, picking up tips about borders, currency, climate, and nationality along the way. Following the instructions in the nine chapters of this book, he chose a part of the world he loves, decided who would live on either side, and worked out his form of government. He figured out how to make money in his new economy, and planned some fun for his people.
This incredible book covers every country in the world, with amazing facts on sports, wildlife, how people live, their fabulous food and a wide range of quirky insights on every page. With a mix of stunning photography and beautiful illustrations, every country is brought to life before your eyes.
In a rush to finish work and pack, Penny used this book to fire up her 6 and 8 year old’s imaginations about their half term trip to Edinburgh.
We looked up Scotland and found out the national animal is the Unicorn, discovered which countries haggis, bagpipes, kilts and tartan actually originated in (Clue – not Scotland) and the story of Greyfriars Bobby captured our dog loving hearts and gave us something else to look out for in Edinburgh.
There is no going back, agent. Once you enter How to be an International Spy your training will begin as you join the secret world of spies. Your training will take you through the ranks from recruit to secret agent, giving you a host of skills to put into covert operation immediately. Join us now, we’ll take you deeper undercover as you prepare to be a real spy!
Penny’s son ran off with this one…
This book is still hidden in a secret location in his bedroom where he plans his next mission. He couldn’t get enough of having the fabulous facts about espionage read to him.
For younger children
We also love this one which is suitable from 3 plus…if you have ever taken a small child on a plane you will know how magical sticker books can be, as Katie and daughter demonstrate!
This is the perfect gift for a small person with a ticket to ride.
This special edition Atlas takes young readers on a non-stop tour of the continents, adding fun and humour along the way. Introducing each continent in turn with a beautifully illustrated map, then delving deeper into some of the most iconic sights, readers can even add stickers and colour to the stunning scenes. There’s also a fold-out surprise – a 3D model of the globe to make, cherish and track the globe-trotting adventure.
Giveaway
We have one Lonely Planet case and four books as described above, just leave a comment below telling me which book you most like the look of and why, and complete the rafflecopter to register your entry and access extra entries. You can enter to win more books on Helen‘s and Penny‘s blogs too.
Check out our other giveaway here.
Terms and Conditions
There is one prize of a Lonely Planet case and four books as described above. The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.
Open to UK residents, excluding employees and relatives of Lonely Planet and SIYC
Closing date for entries is 14/11/2015
One entry per person
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The winner will be informed within 1 week of the closing date and will need to respond with a postal address within 14 days or a new winner will be chosen
The winner’s name will be available on request
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I think The Travel Book would appeal to my son as he is doing a school project on countries around the world and he is really interested in finding out more!
My son would love the travel book and learn about different places
my son would love adventures around the globe for xmas x
Adventures around the globe as my son is becoming very inquisitive of the world and this would be so apt
my son would love the spy book thankyou
how to be an international spy i can see my son as a budding james bond
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‘The Travel Book’ – because kids love learning facts and getting involved with holiday planning
would love the travel book
The travel book as it would teach my daughter about the world we live in
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Adventures around the globe, it looks like a fun way to explore the world and the stickers will help add to the fun.
The travel book because my daughter loves to look at maps and learn about new places
How to be an international spy – it looks fun and a spur for the imagination
Adventures around the globe because i could show my grandson all the places his uncle has traveled to (China at the moment)
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How to be an International Spy because with the new James Bond film being out everyone wants to be a spy.
We are going to the Family Travel Show tomorrow and heading straight for Lonely Planet Kids!
And we like the look of The Travel Book best!
My nephew would love the spy book.
It would have to be The Travel Book as it would sate Kitty’s desire for facts!
The travel book looks interesting. we love travelling and im making a book with my little daughter about different countries and culture
adventures around the globe,it looks like a fun way to learn about the world,and it’s colourful x
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ooo How to be an International Spy would be great for my son – he’d love it!
The Travel Book looks really good, and will be useful when engaging the kids in the lead up to holidays and travel
I love the Atlas – my 5 year old is just learning about the different countries so I think this would be a perfect book to help him to do that.
Adventures around the globe – looks like the type of book my son would absolutely love – bright, colourful, fun & we have family living overseas so great for him to learn more about that country.
The travel book sounds good I would read it to my granddaughter
adventures around the globe looks very interesting and educational.
i like the Adventures around the globe because i know my daughter would like it
HOW TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL SPY as it looks intriguing
adventurs around the globe because i like material that fires young imaginations xx
Adventures around the Globe – We are just learning about different places in the world
and to tell Bobby stories to go with places would make it all so much more fun and rememberable
Adventures around the Globe because it looks fun!
My grandson would love Adventures Around the Globe – it would make a great Christmas present
Adventures Around the Globe. As my. great- Nephew views and refers to a day out as an Adventure. He would love the book, as he would learn so much from it, for his future Adventures.
adventures around the globe
the spy one as my son loves to sneak
Adventures around the globe as i would lve to talk and explore the greater world with my son
How to be an international spy because we nephew wants to be the next James Bond
The travel book looks wonderful – we love a good fact!
Adventures around the globe looks like great fun 🙂
Adventures around the globe
The travel book would appeal to my little niece as she likes learning about different countries and the way they live.
adventures aroubd the globe – the 3d globe sounds great
Adventures around the globe looks interesting.
Adventures around the Globe! My daughter is just becoming aware that we live in a village in a country and she is really interested in other countries – this would be a perfect introduction for her.
My son would like the spy book I think.
You Rule – for creative thinking – will appeal to my kids
I love the sticker book,my little grand-daughter is only four but she loves books,even books that are meant for older children as long as there are pictures with it she absorbs the facts.She sometimes stuns me with the things she comes out with and it’s not just me being the proud grandma,her nursery teachers say the same !
My son is just the right age for the Spy book – he would love imagining planning secret missions!
adventures around the globe, we’ve not been on holiday for a few years now and my children love learning about all the different places. my daughter has just done a school topic on japan and really enjoyed it
I really like the look of the international travel book.
The ‘You Rule’ book would be my favourite, looks like a great way to teach kids about countries and how they operate…
I think they all sound brilliant! But I think “You rule!” Sounds particular unique and special as it empowers the young reader to lead with their imagination and ideas whilst also being educational, informative and inspirational. It actively involves the reader; very clever!
I like the You Rule book as I could see my son having loads of fun with this.
Adventures around the globe looks fascinating and my kids would love this….
Adventures around the globe for my son x
The Adventures around the globe sticker book would be the most interesting to my two little ones. Looks like so much fun, and there’s no such thing as too many stickers xx
spy book thankyou
How to be an International Spy looks fun
We love the sound of the travel book, a new country on each page sounds great!
Adventures around the globe think my son would love the 3D model globe.
I like you rule sounds like a really interesting concept and will help kids to understand how much goes behind simple things.
Adventures around the globe
adventurs around the globe would be fab x
Adventures around the globe looks like it will keep them busy.
Travel Books for older children as we go to Iceland.
The Adventures Around The Globe as I would love my girls to travel the world 🙂
I like the Travel Book. When I was younger (20 years ago!) I was lucky enough to get a job on a cruise liner. I visited many amazing places and I I love showing my two young sons Tommy and Harvey the photographs which I took on my travels. One day I would dearly like to take them with me and show them the wonders to be found in the big wide world myself, and see them through their eyes. This book would help bring the pictures to life for them.
The travel book as it contains lots of interesting facts
I like the look of – ‘How To Be An International Spy’! Looks interesting (my children will love this one especially)!
How to be an international spy because I think my daughter would like it.
I would for my kids to read adventures around the globe. It sound fun and exciting.
My 6 year old gran daughter would love the travel book, she really is interested in other places and customs ,because of this I always tell her that she is a little traveller
our son would like the spy book the most I think x
The adventures around the Goode my little girl has been talking about when she grows up she wants to see the world .mthis would be fantastic for her to get an idea of places she would love to visit
Adventures Around the Globe as I think it would be an interesting book for my little great-niece to read so she can learn about places in an enjoyable way.
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I like the look of the spy book. I think my son and husband would have a lot of fun reading that together! 🙂
How to be an International Spy appeals to us !
The Travel Book as I am cabin crew and travelling is very important in our household!
The travel book looks fab, it would hopefully give my kids a lust for exploring
The travel book looks good to learn more about the countries of the world
The travel book would be very educational
Adventures around the globe 🙂
We homeschool our daughter so the travel book appeals most of all. It would be both a fun read as well as a great learning aid!
The “You Rule” book looks interesting. Could have a lovely mind journey with it 🙂
Adventures around the globe. My 4 year old is very, very curious about the world and exhausts me from asking questions I need to google the answers to! She doesn’t just want to know why, she wants to know how and what if too.
Thank you for doing this.
The travel book my daughter would love as she has a globe in her room and is always looking at it and the different places too x
Adventures around the globe because it seems like you get to meet a lot of animals which my daughter likes.
Adventures Around the Globe looks most suitable for my children’s ages – I think they’ll like that
How to be an International Spy appeals to us because my daughter considers herself a bit of a ninja!
The travel book as my son loves geography!
Adventures around the globe, as my granddaughter is always asking questions about different countries
You Rule! looks like it will get imaginations going.
I like Adventures Around the World because of the stickers – I love them!
Wow I absolutely love this case. I love unique things. Fab Prize!!!
The Travel book looks great – educational and fun at the same time. My nephew would love this.
I think my son would like the travel book a lot!
You Rule, create your own country. My son would enjoy this imagative book.
How to be a spy – it would appeal to my daughters nosey nature!
Adventures around the Globe – both my son & I would love looking through this together.
My nephew would love the How To Be An International Spy book
My son and I would both love How to be an International Spy because it looks a very interesting and intriguing read.
What a lovely case!
Adventures around the globe for my son as he is fascinating in different places and cultures I think he would love this.
How to be a spy. I have 3 children and i could see this appealing to my 2 eldest children and they would have lots of fun with this
adventures around the globe looks great
You rule – create your own country. I think books that allow a bit more imagination are great
Adventures around the globe sounds fab. It looks like a great learning tool
International Spy looks great
I reckon my son would the ‘You Rule’ book. He’d love to create his own country!
The travel book, I hope it will encourage my son to travel when he is older
Adventures Around The Globe looks fun. Would enjoy making the globe with my little one!
adventures around the globe, the humour is ace
I think that my son would like Adventures around the Globe as he likes learning about other countries and this looks like a fun way to do it.
Adventures around the globe, my son loves learning about different countries and this looks ideal to further his education.
The Travel Book as I’d be able to show my daughter all if the places I’ve been, then be able to look at the places we’re still yet to visit!
How to be an International Spy because it sounds great fun, it would really appeal 🙂
I think my so would love How to be an International spy.
Adventures Around The Globe for my sticker obsessed 4 year old
Adventures around the globe for my son as he loves exploring different countries
The Travel Book as it will teach our son about different countries in a fun away!
My grandson would love to read how to be an international spy he loves James Bond
My daughter would love Adventures around the globe, she loves to learn and loves stickers.
My grandson would love to read how to be an international spy he loves James Bond bless him
Adventures around the globe – love a sticker
I love Gruffalo as my son loves it and he memorized it at age 2.
My granddaughter would love Adventures around the globe
My daughter would love YOU RULE, she’s very opinionated and tells us regulary how the country should be run, so the fact that she could make and rule her own country would be great!! 🙂
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