Featuring the stunning illustrations of James Gulliver Hancock, Lonely Planet Kids' How Everything Works will take a close-up look at the world around us to examine well-known, everyday environments and reveal how all the various objects and machines found there operate. Lift-the-flaps to discover how the ordinary can become extraordinary!

Blast off into the cosmos with the latest title in the popular How Things Work (TM) series - books that reveal the inner workings of familiar places and vehicles. This title explores the ultimate vehicles: spaceships - how they do what they do, what they're used for and their development through history.

Everything young explorers needs to know to travel in space, covering what life in zero gravity is like, how to find your way around the solar system, and the all-important question of how to pee in a spacesuit! Unique illustrations take kids to the heart of the action and amazing photos show what the universe is really like. Incredible stories of real-life space exploration for kids aged 8 and up, by author and astrobiologist Professor Mark Brake. More than 300 amazing photographs The perfect present for every aspirant astronaut! About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

This top-secret guide will teach your all you need to know about the shadowy world of spies. From cool gadgets and sneaky surveillance to fiendish codes and daring decoys, it's time to go undercover!

Hop aboard our special mini-bus for an unforgettable tour around the most fascinating destination in the entire Universe - you! Shrink down to a microscopic size to explore all the systems that make up the human body. With fun facts and a mix of illustrations and photos - it's the human body as you've never experienced it before.

Which ocean is the largest? What pet is most popular in different parts of the world? How far away is each planet from the sun? Learn these and dozens of other fascinating facts about our planet and its inhabitants in Lonely Planet Kids' Infographic Guide to the Globe, a dynamically-illustrated guide full of graphs and charts. Colorful graphics featuring fun facts keep kids entertained and learning. Plus, you'll find engaging questions on every page that encourage readers to assess the information and draw conclusions about our world. Whether you're wondering how many years the average American goes to school compared to the average Nigerian or what percentage of the globe is covered with salt water, Infographic Guide to the Globe has the answer! About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

This interactive atlas treats young readers to a hands-on journey around the world. Each page turn brings the continent to life with flaps to lift, detailed illustrations and facts about, people, animals, and fun places to visit.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Greece is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Roam through the hilltop ruins of the Acropolis, climb to the monastery-capped rock pinnacles of Meteora, or ferry across to one of the breathtakingly beautiful islands; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Greece and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Greece Travel Guide: - Colour maps and images throughout - Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests - Insider tips save you time and money, and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots - Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices - Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss - Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including history, art, literature, cinema, music, architecture, politics, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine and customs - Free, convenient pull-out Athens map (included in print version), plus over 130 colour maps - Useful features - including Travel with Children, Month by Month (annual festival calendar) and Eat Like a Local - Coverage of Athens, Crete, Santorini, the Ionian Islands, Evia, the Sporades, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, the Saronic Gulf Islands, Macedonia, the Northeastern Aegean Islands, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Greece, our most comprehensive guide to Greece, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled. - Looking for just the highlights of Greece? Check out Lonely Planet's Discover Greece, a photo-rich guide to the country's most popular attractions. - Looking for a guide focused on Athens? Check out Lonely Planet's Pocket Athens, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong, Alexis Averbuck, Michael S Clark, Chris Deliso, Victoria Kyriakopoulos, Andrea Schulte-Peevers and Richard Waters. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - The New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -Fairfax Media (Australia)

Kick boredom to the curb with this awesome book that's packed with over 100 brilliant brain teasers, puzzles, fill-in drawing challenges, games and activities. This pocket-sized companion provides hours of entertainment for kids and grown-ups alike, whether you're in the car, on a plane or stuck inside on a rainy day. All you need is a pencil! Make long car journeys a laugh with road trip bingo; while away the wait for a flight playing airport sudoku; crack fiendish riddles as you chug along the train tracks; or solve the bemusing island maze during your vacation. With so many head-scratching and brain busting activities to tackle, Games on the Go is sure to keep you and your travel crew amused during every family trip - and better yet, it can be deployed from your hand luggage in seconds. Inside Games on the Go: - 160 pages of puzzling fun to banish boredom with fill-in activities, word and matching games, drawing tasks and so much more - The perfect size to fit into your pocket, hand luggage or backpack so you can easily dip in and out of the games, brainteasers and drawing challenges - The much-anticipated follow-up to the Games on the Go activity cards boxset, and an entertaining addition to the Lonely Planet Kids' Activities on the Go series - Hours of entertainment with interactive activities including: Draw your Passport Picture; Play Road Trip Bingo; Unscramble the Landmark Names; Find the Odd Vehicle Out; Solve the Rainforest Word search; Identify the City Skyline; Design a Souvenir of your Trip; Guess the Country from the Picture Clues; Solve the Island Maze; Un-jumble the Flags; Draw a Path through the City Maze; Create a Menu for your Favorite Meal; Play Airport Sudoku; Draw a Portrait of your Holiday Companions; Fill the Sky with Flying Machines; Design your own Luggage Stickers Make Games on the Go a must-pack addition for your travels and discover pages of entertaining activities that combine some of the best puzzles and challenges from the Lonely Planet Kids' Activities on the Go series. This is the perfect book to engage the whole family during your next big adventure. About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore! Keywords: Activity book;kids activity book;travel games book for kids;travel puzzle book;pocket travel games books for kids;travel games on the go book;paper and pencil games;buster backpack books;carry on sudoku;pocket sudoku;awesome games for smart kids;word games book;riddles and brain teasers for kids;would you rather game book;kids drawing book;kids doodle book;kids holiday activity book;kids holiday activity packs;holiday journal;airplane activity book for kids;travel activity case;activity backpack

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, writing someone a loving poem on Sinterklaas in the Netherlands or lighting a lantern on the Chinese New Year, Love Around The World shows the ways family and friendship are celebrated around the world. This colorful, 32-page book fully explores the themes of family and friendship all around the world. With beautifully-written words by Alli Brydon and exquisite illustrations by Wazza Pink, children will be taken on a journey to a wide variety of cultures and different ways of life. From Wales to Iran to Japan, love is, after all, a universal language. About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

Welcome to the world! This beautifully illustrated atlas takes young readers on a hands-on tour of our incredible planet. With over 40 flaps to lift, kids will learn all about the 7 continents and 5 oceans that make up the Earth, explore many of its countries, meet lots of its peoples, and see some of its most amazing wildlife and buildings. Written by Kate Baker, this book uses engaging illustration and simple language to introduce early readers to the world in an interactive format that is sure to excite. Also included is a pull-out wall map of the world that includes a sheet of removable stickers. Let's start our globe-trotting adventure! Contents includes: Welcome to the World! (plus the world's oceans) North America South America Europe Africa Asia Australasia and Oceania Antarctica Plus a pull-out world map About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

Take a deep dive into the aquatic world to see sealife as you've never seen it before. Ocean by ocean and sea by sea, readers will discover all the amazing animals that inhabit this watery landscape, from ferocious sharks and giant whales to multicoloured tropical fish, long-legged squid and strange bioluminescent creatures that glow eerily in the ocean depths. Beautiful illustrations, dynamic photos and fact-packed text will reveal the lives, habitats and behaviours of these incredible marine creatures. Maps and diagrams will show where the animals live - both horizontally across the oceans (including migration routes), and vertically from the surface down to the seabed. It's an underwater adventure in a book. Content includes: History of Ocean Life Types of ocean creatures Marine habitats Ocean topography Oceans at risk Ocean exploration Currents and gyres Ocean food chains Ocean water Ocean winds and storms Seas vs Oceans Atlantic Ocean Major Seas (Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea) Arctic Ocean Indian ocean (plus Red Sea and Bay of Bengal) Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean - Depth Zones, including Mariana Trench Southern Ocean About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

From the Atacama Desert to Costa Rica's Cloud Forest, journey to unbelievable, amazing, jaw-dropping habitats around the world and learn about the people and animals that have adapted to live in such extreme environments.

From city apartments and Dutch houseboats to Mongolian yurts, Maasai mud huts, and underground desert homes, kids discover the different ways people live around the world in this fascinating glimpse into global abodes.

Explore the world in this fun search-and-find book. With every turn of the page, there's a new busy city scene to discover- a colorful carnival in Rio, a funfair in Paris, a treasure-filled souk in Morocco. There are souvenirs to find, people to meet, and landmarks to visit. What are you waiting for? Get ready to seek and find!

If you were asked to tell someone on the other side of the world about yourself, where would you start? In this fascinating and fun collection, 84 children from incredibly diverse backgrounds share their stories and photos of what's unique about their lives.

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.

Get to know our diverse planet with the second edition of Lonely Planet Kidsâ (TM) best-selling title. Thoroughly updated and revised and, for the first time, the book will now cover the entire globe with a full page dedicated to every independent country as well as territories that donâ (TM)t officially qualify as countries in their own right. As before, there will be a page dedicated to every country, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, arranged by continent. Each feature will be brought vividly to life with maps, full-colour photography, original art and lively, accessible text. This second edition of The Travel Book will provide kids with the ultimate reference book to learn all about all the incredible â " and incredibly different â " lands that make up our planet. About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

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.