Not For Parents Travel Book

Not-for-Parents

by Michael DuBois, Lonely Planet

"Cool stuff to know about every country in the world"--Cover.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Parenting

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2011

Reviews

[Colleen Moran · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book because each page is filled with different facts about each country and has great real pictures and cartoons about different items on the page. Students can use this as a resource or a beginning to doing further research on different countries. There are so many great facts and pictures that students would find this book interesting and read it.

[Catherine Mumm · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked up the 2025 version in the new release section of my local library. If you like to read about a bunch of White people moving to countries foreign to them and not really assimilating to the local cultures then this book is for you. Children who only speak English and not the local or official languages and going to go or are going to international English speaking schools not the local schools. Yeah, this is disappointing. Sure, there are some families born and raised in the areas featured. Some very privileged families.

[Geoff Battle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Factoids sure make compulsive reading and The Not For Parents Travel Book hits the nail on the head. There is a huge amount of content within the hardback covers, with every country (200) offering up around eight wacky facts, accompanied by either a photo (as you'd expect from a lonely planet book) or an illustration (to mix up the style and add humour). There must have been a multitude of dropped facts, for even the largest countries only receive one page and this means it's very easy accessible. The facts range wildly in their content, from geographical to plain wacky. Very entertaining and the ultimately quotable, children who can read well will love it, whilst younger children can pick and choose pictures to stimulate aided learning.

[Tiffany]

Took this with me when I went to UWC.

[Harry Bishop · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my favorite book as a kid. Tons of cool info on every country. I loved thinking about how they ordered it from Canada to the top of South American on to Europe and eastward.

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I absolutely love the lonely planetNot For Parents London (General Reference) guide. My son's grandparents are in England and it helped me build up excitement and interest in going to visit them.

The Travel Book is more of a learning tool than a guide. It basically devotes one page to each country with some interesting facts about each (click on the "see inside this book" link to get some nice examples).

I use it with my 4 year old son for fun learning:

1) Quiz time! We read about a country and then I do a trivia quiz with him. ("Where was ice skating invented?" "FINLAND!")
2) Name the capitals - I remember how hard it was to memorize the capitals in school. We memorize them together, and think of silly ways to remember them. We got super goofy ducking up and down saying "Addis Abbaba Ethiopia."
3) Name the language or name the currency - much harder for him so we only do the ones that are more obvious for him (Sweden, Swedish, Swedish kronor).

We have a lot of fun with this book and I enjoy how gorgeous it is. The pages are bright and interesting, the pictures are beautiful and the information ranges from bizarre to fascinating. Some things I just don't read to him though since they are quite macabre for his young age.

Overall, a fun and attractive book, though it suffers from what everything in print now faces, and that is that some of the information is outdated within a few years (and sometimes shorter) of being printed.

[Asa Jacobs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a travel book designed for children. Over 200 countries are featured in this book. There are interesting facts about each of the countries and fun quirky pictures to go along with the material. This book reminds me of the Guinness Book of World Records in the way it is set up and engages students. Animals, geography, architecture, and culture are addressed in this book that contains hundreds of fun facts. There isn't a story told in this book but it presents information in a fun way.

This is the type of book I would have been glued to in elementary school. This book is suitable for students of all ages. The vibrant pictures will engage non-readers and the facts will be fun for readers to memorize and share with others. I think exposing students this many countries will foster an appreciation and interest of cultures unfamiliar to them. I really liked this book and trust many students would as well.

[Andrew Shumate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would love to have this book in my future classroom. This book was obviously written by someone who knows how to hold the attention of a child (or a childish 20 year old).
The book includes information about every single country in the world (I believe it's still current. Each country has a single page devoted to it. Don't expect to find facts comparable to what would be found in the extensive and annually updated CIA World Fact Book (another amazing book). The facts found in this book include, language, area, population, a collection of historical facts, a few interesting cultural practices and of course animals. Just about every entry includes a fact about a unique that can be found in that country.
This book is laid out in a very fun and engaging way, it is very colorful and has a lot of engaging photographs.
I'm a huge fan of this book and would recommend it to anyone. Literally anyone. It's just a fun and handy book to have around.

[Dale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lonely Planet Not For Parents: The Travel Book by Michael DuBois, Katri Hilden and Jane Price

Have a little fun, learn a little something

Published by Lonely Planet in 2011.
208 pages.

The cover of this book perfectly describes it: "Cool stuff to know about every country in the world." Inside, every country, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe has one page in this book. Every page includes some basic facts, including the flag, the population, the language spoken, the currency and its area in square miles and kilometers. But, that is not the strength of this book.



The best feature of this book is the rest of each page...

Read more at: http://dwdsreviews.blogspot.com/2012/...

[Jo Bennie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having lost my 8 year old to this for hours at a time I can thoroughly recommend it. It is colourful, divided into sections by continent, with a page devoted to each country. It's one of those books that educates without seeming to, on each page is a small map and flag of the country with brief details, capital city, population, currency, size etc and how to say hello in the official language of the country. The rest of the page is devoted to fascinating array of pictures and information about the country, society, wildlife, landscape, and not afraid to shy away from the darker and more gruesome aspects of some of the country's histories either

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great spin on a travel book - awesome idea Lonely Planet. I really enjoyed the facts they presented like gross food items, hideous history facts and dangerous animals, etc. The format made it easy to read and will be a quick reference book for me leading to any travel destination. Many of the images in the book had my 5 year old daughter asking questions too - and I love questions!

[Lorri · Rating 3 out of 5]

For whatever the reason, when I requested this from the library I thought this was for people NOT traveling with children. Crazy me. This looks to be a great book for elementary level children interested in exotic countries. Simple basic information but doesn't talk down to a child. Clearly avoids any discussion of current events or which countries are unsafe to travel to.

[Vonze · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute guide book that teaches kids facts about various, interesting vacations locations.

[Abraham Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice read for travelers.
it was an interesresting read to say the least.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun, educational.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has gotten more use by my kids than any other book of stuff-it'd-be-cool-for-them-to-know-and-they're-kind-of-interested-in. This book is EXCELLENTLY done.

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my all-time favourite books! It really helped me in school as I'm now top of the class in geography!

[Haylee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick facts and bright colors/images about the countries of the world

[Seta Davidian · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great gift for a kid. 1 page on every country with basic facts - super for a child who likes geography. Recommend for age 8 & up.