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Lonely Planet Kids
The Lonely Planet Kids Travel Book: A journey through every country in the world
Take a world tour through 200 countries with this brand new edition of the bestselling kids' version of Lonely Planet's popular The Travel Book, loaded with thousands of amazing facts on wildlife, how people live, sports, hideous and mouthwatering food, festivals and a wide range of other quirky insights on every page. Every single country gets its own dedicated page, and a mix of photography and beautiful illustrations brings each land to life. Perfect for keeping explorers aged 8 years and up entertained on the road.
Lonely Planet Kids
About Lonely Planet From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. We're kick-starting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet is. Our mission is to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the magnificent place it is. A big adventure awaits! Come explore.
Award-winning children's titles from Lonely Planet include The Amazing World Atlas (Independent Publisher Award, Gold for Juvenile Multicultural Non-fiction, 2015), How to Be a Space Explorer (Independent Publisher Award, Silver for Juvenile Non-fiction, 2015), Not For Parents The Travel Book, Not For Parents Paris, Not For Parents London, Not For Parents New York City, and Not For Parents Rome (all Parent Tested Parent Approved winners, 2012).
Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Important The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
Lonely Planet Kids
About Lonely Planet From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. We're kick-starting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet is. Our mission is to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the magnificent place it is. A big adventure awaits! Come explore.
Award-winning children's titles from Lonely Planet include The Amazing World Atlas (Independent Publisher Award, Gold for Juvenile Multicultural Non-fiction, 2015), How to Be a Space Explorer (Independent Publisher Award, Silver for Juvenile Non-fiction, 2015), Not For Parents The Travel Book, Not For Parents Paris, Not For Parents London, Not For Parents New York City, and Not For Parents Rome (all Parent Tested Parent Approved winners, 2012).
Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Important The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2015
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April 22, 2022
Each country, from the giants down to the tiniest islands, is given equal attention: a full-page-spread of photos, a paragraph on the character of the place, and lists of the top attractions and things to experience in each place. This is the kind of book I want to curl up with and build my dreams out of, the kind of book I want to own so I can take notes on all the things I've done and want to do. I love lists and I love travel, so for me this is perfect.
It was, however, published in 2016, so some of these pages read like snapshots of the past rather than markers of the present. A lot can, and did, change in the span of 6 years.
It was, however, published in 2016, so some of these pages read like snapshots of the past rather than markers of the present. A lot can, and did, change in the span of 6 years.
September 6, 2020
I was hoping that this would be an actual travel book for kids with travel advice and sample itineraries. Instead, this is a general fact book about all of the countries of the world. The facts don't necessarily relate to travel. The "facts" included in the book seem like they are sanitized in a cheery sort of way. For example, in the entry for one of the Caribbean island nations it mentions that Columbus was "a clever guy," but it doesn't make any mention of the genocide of the native populations that Columbus was responsible for. Kids can handle the truth.
February 26, 2024
A fun resource for kids to learn more about lots of places in the world.
However...
- The languages of each country are not listed.
- The layouts are erratic and kind of ugly.
- Many times, illustrations are used when photographs would be preferable.
- The illustrations are quite ugly.
- Some of the text is set against a similar-color background, making it hard to read.
- I would have liked to see more about the regular people of each place and their daily lives. When the book mentions people, it tends to be famous individuals.
However...
- The languages of each country are not listed.
- The layouts are erratic and kind of ugly.
- Many times, illustrations are used when photographs would be preferable.
- The illustrations are quite ugly.
- Some of the text is set against a similar-color background, making it hard to read.
- I would have liked to see more about the regular people of each place and their daily lives. When the book mentions people, it tends to be famous individuals.
July 31, 2022
我原本是對寫給小孩的旅遊書沒興趣，但是在以全球為主題的書的封面上，看到國旗還有台灣高鐵列車佔了異常大的比重，讓我有些興趣了。
本書很平等地給了每個國家一頁的篇幅（英國及中國除外），保障了小國的篇幅下限以及旅遊大國的上限。
可能是主要是為了給小孩子對其他國家產生興趣吧，挑的話題雖然有點無規則但還算有趣。
只是有些錯誤與事實差很大
像是書中說2002年摩納哥與法國簽訂條約，摩納哥的王室終結時會併入法國。實際上是改成維持獨立。
而東帝汶的 Cristo Rei of Dili 雕像在書中說是印尼送給東帝汶的獨立禮物。實際上是東帝汶被併吞進印尼的20週年禮物。
真不愧是coffee table book，電子書即使是用電腦螢幕閱讀，字還是太小
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原來我記憶中的國際換日線是2個版本之前的
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關於台灣的那一頁寫了團團及圓圓、龍虎塔、台北101、平溪天燈及台灣高鐵
本書很平等地給了每個國家一頁的篇幅（英國及中國除外），保障了小國的篇幅下限以及旅遊大國的上限。
可能是主要是為了給小孩子對其他國家產生興趣吧，挑的話題雖然有點無規則但還算有趣。
只是有些錯誤與事實差很大
像是書中說2002年摩納哥與法國簽訂條約，摩納哥的王室終結時會併入法國。實際上是改成維持獨立。
而東帝汶的 Cristo Rei of Dili 雕像在書中說是印尼送給東帝汶的獨立禮物。實際上是東帝汶被併吞進印尼的20週年禮物。
真不愧是coffee table book，電子書即使是用電腦螢幕閱讀，字還是太小
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原來我記憶中的國際換日線是2個版本之前的
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關於台灣的那一頁寫了團團及圓圓、龍虎塔、台北101、平溪天燈及台灣高鐵
February 26, 2020
This book was AWESOME!!!!!!
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July 1, 2020I love atlases and everything like them. This was a good one!
December 31, 2021
awesome book great facts and information on countries around the world layout is briliant and great value for money
April 11, 2022
Fun book and would be great for kids who love learning about the world.
March 20, 2023
Das Lonely Planet Kids Buch "Alle Länder dieser Welt" ist nach Kontinenten geordnet. Folgerichtig nehmen Afrika und Asien jeweils mit circa 50 Seiten/Staaten den größten Raum ein, während Europa sich auf 20 beschränkt und Ozeanien 10 Seiten ausfüllt.
Jedes Länderkapitel zeigt am oberen Buchrand seine Visitenkarte mit Kurzinfos zu Bevölkerungsgröße, Fläche und Flagge. Die Farbe dieses Abschnitts setzt sich auf der Weltkarte hinten im Buch und am seitlichen Schnitt fort und kann dort als Daumenregister genutzt werden. Die jeweilige Länderseite besteht aus illustrierten Kurzkapiteln als Wissenshäppchen, in denen es sich u. a. um Rekorde oder Sensationen handelt, die viele Kinder zum Lesen motivieren.
Mir gefällt die gerechte Gewichtung durch die Länderseiten und besonders die Darstellung der Inselstaaten auf der Weltkarte. Angesichts des Klimawandels wird es höchste Zeit, sich mit diesen Staaten zu beschäftigen.
Auch wenn die Schrift sehr klein ist, teile ich die angegebene Altersempfehlung für das aktuelle, attraktiv illustierte Buch: ab 8 Jahre. Im Hause Buchdoktor wurde mit Sachbüchern wie diesem Lesen gelernt.
Jedes Länderkapitel zeigt am oberen Buchrand seine Visitenkarte mit Kurzinfos zu Bevölkerungsgröße, Fläche und Flagge. Die Farbe dieses Abschnitts setzt sich auf der Weltkarte hinten im Buch und am seitlichen Schnitt fort und kann dort als Daumenregister genutzt werden. Die jeweilige Länderseite besteht aus illustrierten Kurzkapiteln als Wissenshäppchen, in denen es sich u. a. um Rekorde oder Sensationen handelt, die viele Kinder zum Lesen motivieren.
Mir gefällt die gerechte Gewichtung durch die Länderseiten und besonders die Darstellung der Inselstaaten auf der Weltkarte. Angesichts des Klimawandels wird es höchste Zeit, sich mit diesen Staaten zu beschäftigen.
Auch wenn die Schrift sehr klein ist, teile ich die angegebene Altersempfehlung für das aktuelle, attraktiv illustierte Buch: ab 8 Jahre. Im Hause Buchdoktor wurde mit Sachbüchern wie diesem Lesen gelernt.
June 22, 2019
The reference on page 7, USA, that one of the "beautiful" elements of the country is the beef burger is particularly unfortunate. At a time when over 21% of the human population is vegetarians, the UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet, and Veganism is on the rise, it is careless at least to mention processed meat as something beautiful, especially in a book addressed to children.
November 11, 2023
This is an excellent reference book for all ages! It tells the title, flag, population rank, landmass rank, currency, capital with map, and interesting info about every country in the world! It has good pictures. The most interesting to me was the section explaining what is a country and the disputed & territorial spaces on the Earth. Great for families with several kids!
November 12, 2015
What Defines a “Country”?
This book was reviewed as part of Amazon's Vine program which included a free copy of the book.
Superficially, THE LONELY PLANET KIDS TRAVEL BOOK offers a fun, graphic-intensive and trivia-laden presentation of “every country in the world”. Unfortunately, this nicely packaged resource is marred by editors who took it upon themselves to interpret what is and isn’t a country. While the book definitely has redeeming qualities, it contains selective and misleading information.
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS BOOK:
- A single fact-filled page designated to each region/country that is chock full of interesting bits of information. Each page includes a “fact card” that offers basic information: a general synopsis, a drawing of the country and flag, population and area data (with their rank in the world). Oddly, the average life expectancy (and its world rank) is also included.
- Each page has several photos and drawings that illustrate identifiable, lesser-known and even obscure aspects of each place being depicted. Every graphic is accompanied with a brief, but informative textual explanation. I found the presentation quite appealing and like the succinctness the page-per-place format offers. The factoids are certainly interesting in that they are varied and unique (food, traditions, structures, native animals, global contributions, etc.)
WHAT BOTHERS ME:
- The places are grouped by continent. Within each continent, the places appear to be organized in a geographical nature instead of alphabetically. This makes it more difficult to quickly reference a specific place without looking it up in the index.
- The biggest issue I have is that the editors personally decided what was and wasn’t a country. Tibet is a region of China, like it or not. Hong Kong is a special administrative region. People may want Palestine to be recognized as country, but, as of now, it isn’t. The inhabitants of the United Kingdom may not be happily “united”, but Northern Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland are not countries. Other questionable “countries” include Kosovo and Taiwan. For true educational purposes, the editors could have/should have included an additional chapter that explained the reality of disputed and/or autonomous regions. Instead of being up-front and accurate, the editors opt to for a feel-good approach and simply present the world in the manner they believe it should be (try bypassing Chinese authority when travelling to Tibet). Considering what regions are labeled as countries, I’m surprised Greenland gets the “cold-shoulder”.
This book’s potential is tainted by politics and that’s a shame, because it could be great. It calls itself a travel book, but comes across more like a selective encyclopedic resource. Maybe the editors could have used PLACE instead of the word “country” in the book’s title … and drop the beef with Greenland … you can travel there too.
This book was reviewed as part of Amazon's Vine program which included a free copy of the book.
Superficially, THE LONELY PLANET KIDS TRAVEL BOOK offers a fun, graphic-intensive and trivia-laden presentation of “every country in the world”. Unfortunately, this nicely packaged resource is marred by editors who took it upon themselves to interpret what is and isn’t a country. While the book definitely has redeeming qualities, it contains selective and misleading information.
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS BOOK:
- A single fact-filled page designated to each region/country that is chock full of interesting bits of information. Each page includes a “fact card” that offers basic information: a general synopsis, a drawing of the country and flag, population and area data (with their rank in the world). Oddly, the average life expectancy (and its world rank) is also included.
- Each page has several photos and drawings that illustrate identifiable, lesser-known and even obscure aspects of each place being depicted. Every graphic is accompanied with a brief, but informative textual explanation. I found the presentation quite appealing and like the succinctness the page-per-place format offers. The factoids are certainly interesting in that they are varied and unique (food, traditions, structures, native animals, global contributions, etc.)
WHAT BOTHERS ME:
- The places are grouped by continent. Within each continent, the places appear to be organized in a geographical nature instead of alphabetically. This makes it more difficult to quickly reference a specific place without looking it up in the index.
- The biggest issue I have is that the editors personally decided what was and wasn’t a country. Tibet is a region of China, like it or not. Hong Kong is a special administrative region. People may want Palestine to be recognized as country, but, as of now, it isn’t. The inhabitants of the United Kingdom may not be happily “united”, but Northern Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland are not countries. Other questionable “countries” include Kosovo and Taiwan. For true educational purposes, the editors could have/should have included an additional chapter that explained the reality of disputed and/or autonomous regions. Instead of being up-front and accurate, the editors opt to for a feel-good approach and simply present the world in the manner they believe it should be (try bypassing Chinese authority when travelling to Tibet). Considering what regions are labeled as countries, I’m surprised Greenland gets the “cold-shoulder”.
This book’s potential is tainted by politics and that’s a shame, because it could be great. It calls itself a travel book, but comes across more like a selective encyclopedic resource. Maybe the editors could have used PLACE instead of the word “country” in the book’s title … and drop the beef with Greenland … you can travel there too.
November 23, 2015
Coffee table size.
Great graphics.
One page for each country with color-coded cards indicating which continent the country is located in.
Gift worthy.
Great graphics.
One page for each country with color-coded cards indicating which continent the country is located in.
Gift worthy.
October 5, 2021
Good overview for children looking to learn about other cultures - and for adults who want some fast facts!
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April 2, 2017I was surprised about the index of the book. That means I already go all over the world!
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