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Explore our planet one unique treat at a time! From lip-smacking lollipops to bizarre chocolate concoctions, kids will discover the many magnificent sweet, crunchy, chewy, and salty nibbles that stock kitchen cupboards around the world. Packed with fun facts, awesome illustrations, and fascinating insights into food traditions, it's time to dig in!

Discover more about our amazing natural world with this fun children's nature journal. Kids can jot down, sketch, or map their exciting observations from blossoming trees to weird and wonderful creepy crawlies. Fun illustrations, photos, prompts, games and activities help mini-explorers notice more about the sights and sounds of the great outdoors.

Meet the world's deadliest predators in this action-packed atlas! Navigate your way across the continents and discover killer facts, detailed maps and astonishing photos of sharks, crocodiles, snakes, scorpions, spiders, and more - with lift-the-flaps and life-size surprises that reveal all there is to know about our planet's fiercest hunters.

Get ready to rock with this complete guide to minerals, gemstones and rocks around the world. Packed with amazing facts and knowledge, kids will discover what our planet is made of - there's even an epic directory of almost every type of stone including amphibolite, zoizite, diamonds, and more. Come explore the ground beneath our feet - let's go!

Immerse yourself in this page-turning collection of 20 tales from around the world. Discover spellbinding retellings of folk tales, fables and stories steeped in wonder, and journey continent-by-continent through this exquisite book. With morals and magic on every page, this beautiful compendium is a must-read for children and grown-ups alike.

Kick boredom to the curb with this awesome activity book that's packed with over 100 brilliant brain teasers, puzzles, drawing challenges, tricky riddles, mazes, and more. Whether you're in the car, on a plane or stuck inside on a rainy day, this fun companion is sure to keep kids - and even grown ups - busy for hours. All you need is a pencil!

Take to the skies and meet the world's most amazing birds. Navigate your way across the continents using detailed maps and discover birds of prey, birds of paradise, aquatic birds and more. Fun lift-the-flaps offer kids an immersive experience, revealing surprises, wow-factor facts and a fascinating glimpse into the lives of our feathered friends.

Embark on a fun-filled sporting journey with this lift-the-flap book for young readers. Find famous and lesser-known games and sports from across the continents and learn how children around the world play. From ice hockey in Canada, baseball in the USA to kabbadi in India - discover interactive surprises and beautiful illustrations on every page.

Explore the amazing world of maps from the first sketches on cave walls to real time maps on phones. Discover their incredible history and marvel at ancient maps, war maps, weather maps and even interactive maps from computer games. Packed with awesome facts, kids will soon grasp how to read maps and symbols - plus learn how to make their own!

This spine-tingling collection of spooky stories features over 20 eerie tales from across the globe. Discover bewitching retellings of ghost- and monster-filled myths regaled with ghoulish relish and journey continent-by-continent through this haunting book. With shocks and twists like you wouldn't believe - are you brave enough to read them all?

Discover over 12 gripping retellings of notable shipwrecks in this mind-blowing kids book packed with heroic escapes, daring rescues and danger on the high seas. Find amazing illustrations, historic photography and interactive elements that reveal extra twists and surprises: a must-buy for curious minds fascinated by dramatic real-life events.

Make your vacation memories last a lifetime with this awesome fill-in children's travel journal that's packed with brilliant activities and prompts to inspire kids to write and draw their adventures. Budding diarists can record precious moments from their trip in this pocket-sized book and create the ultimate holiday souvenir to cherish forever.

Ocean by ocean and sea by sea, discover all the amazing animals that inhabit this underwater world. Beautiful illustrations, dynamic photos and fact-packed text reveals the lives, habitats and behaviours of an incredible array of marine creatures. Maps and diagrams combine to show where they live and the migration routes that they follow.

This beautifully illustrated lift-the-flap book explores and celebrates different people, places, cultures and traditions from across the world. Featuring eight festivals, this title provides a glimpse into diverse traditions, customs and beliefs. Find out about New Year in China, Christmas in Germany, the Day of the Dead in Mexico and more.

From the secrets of weather forecasting to discovering 'animal rain', 'ice bombs' and 'ball lightning‿, this book is a thrill-packed journey through the world of weather. It also looks at the topics of pollution and climate change - how humans can affect the weather, the impact of global warming and, most importantly, what we can all do to help.

Did you know that around 550 people have been to space, but only around 20 people have been to the bottom of the ocean? Lonely Planet KidsâEUR(TM) Factopia - Planet Earth is packed with amazing facts that are brought to life by stunning illustrations and imaginative infographics. It's going to be an exciting journey for young geographers!

Get ready to travel across the world and back into history, to meet some of the worldâEUR(TM)s greatest explorers in this big fun, fully illustrated reference book. Learn about the lives of Amelia Earhart and Charles Darwin, and explore themed spreads that investigate everything from the First Journeys out of Africa to Aboriginal Songlines.

From forest bathing in Japan and playing the drums in Mali, to Danish hygge, Indian yoga and sharing a feast with family in the USA, every culture has its own unique take on how to achieve contentedness. Featuring Wazza Pink's stunning artwork, Lonely Planet KidsâEUR(TM) Happiness Around the World is the ultimate guide to the world of wellbeing.

Explore the paw-some world of pooches in this definitive guide to dogs that's packed with fun facts and illustrations. Large continent maps show the origin of 150 weird and wonderful breeds like the Greenland Dog with wicked sledging skills. Plus amazing Pooch Profiles provide size, coat and personality stats. Kids will love this who's who of dogs!

Packed with over 60 ideas to invent, make and play your own games, this book is perfect for keeping kids entertained while on the go - whether that's in the car, on a plane, or on holiday. With ideas for games that range from making jigsaws to scavenger hunts and travel 'I spy', we help you get started with step-by-step photographs and templates.

It's hard to believe that you have the power to save the world, but it's true! We'll show you how to harness your inner hero with loads of awesome ways to make a positive impact on the planet.In 101 Ways to be an Eco Hero, the follow up to 101 Small Ways to Save the World and The Plastic Problem, you'll find practical tips and projects that will help you, along with your friends and family, to protect our Earth for future generations. You'll also find out how you can use your voice to encourage businesses and governments to make the right decisions for our environment.Tips for kids include:- reusing, recycling, and upcycling- avoiding food waste- protecting the local environment through activities such as litter collectionsProjects for kids include:- building an insect hotel- making a herb garden- creating a tote bag for shoppingAdvice for families includes:- collecting rainwater for watering the gardengetting solar panels- using low-energy appliances

A crate has arrived and it's packed with scientific objects from all around the world! Can you assemble them in time for the museum's big opening? In Lonely Planet Kids' Build Your Own Science Museum, budding scientists can discover incredible facts and build spectacular pop-ups that range from a Mars rover to a robotic arm and a human skeleton.

The third in Lonely Planet Kids' award-winning Atlas series, this book takes a tour of the magical miniature world of creepy crawlies. We travel around the globe to uncover all sorts of fascinating bugs: from zombie ants and giant millipedes to beautiful butterflies. Full-page gatefolds and small flaps reveal extra wonders and fascinating facts.

Ever wondered what life will be like 100 years from now? Based on the latest in scientific thinking, Future Worlds explores everything from the forms of transport we will use, the jobs we will do to how and what we will eat. Open the gatefolds and lift-the-flaps of this interactive book to discover beautiful illustrations and fascinating facts.

Blast off into the cosmos as we explore the ultimate vehicles: spaceships. Featuring illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock, this book shows how rockets launch, how we got to the Moon (and back), how rovers explore the surface of Mars, how probes reach the outer Solar System and more. Gatefolds and flaps will reveal spaceships' inner workings.

Come on a round-the-world adventure as we explore 60 amazing places from across the globe! Packed with fascinating facts, this fully illustrated book introduces kids to some of the best places to visit on our planet. Continent by continent, they'll find out the top things to see and do, from playing in Central Park to exploring the Amazon Jungle.

This fun and colourful lift-the-flap book gives a unique insight into how cities looked in the past, compared to how they look now. With ancient cities and ruins including Pompeii, Great Zimbabwe and Babylon, discover how history has shaped our planetâEUR(TM)s urban areas and changed them over time.

Introduce children to the wonderful ways love is expressed in different cultures and countries across the globe. From gifting lunch boxes in Japan, to adorning brides with beautiful henna designs in India, to lighting a lantern on the Chinese New Year, Love Around The World shows the ways family and friendship are celebrated around the world.

Finally, Lonely Planet has made the Atlas kids have been waiting for! With 160 pages of illustrated maps, engaging infographics, mind-blowing photography and a large dose of humour, this is the atlas that shows kids aged 8 and up what the world is really like.

Bring the French language to life with this beautifully illustrated children's book from Lonely Planet Kids, an imprint of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide and phrasebook publisher. Perfect for the whole family, First Words French features 100 words to use while travelling, from food and transport, to animals and weather. Each word is accompanied with a bold illustration and a simple pronunciation guide to make the vocabulary fun and easy to learn. Plus, its small size means it's a handy addition to any trip to France or a French-speaking country. Also included is a free audio pronunciation guide. Scan the QR code on the back cover or visit our First Words website to hear each word spoken by a native child. Also available: First Words Spanish First Words English 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. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.