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Books in Kids Guide Series series

  • Kid's Guide to Chicago

    Eileen Ogintz

    Paperback (Globe Pequot Press, Dec. 3, 2013)
    Before you plan your family’s next excursion, get some help from a travel professional…and your kids! The Kid’s Guide series lets the kids help plan your trip and guides you as you explore your destination. Inside you’ll find kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where to get the best souvenirs. Along the way, your kids will be engaged by reading and sharing fun acts and cool travel tips. Awesome games and quizzes keep the family entertained! Fun for both visiting and local kids!
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  • The Kid's Guide to Cruising Alaska

    Eileen Ogintz, Reggie Yemma

    Paperback (Globe Pequot, June 1, 2004)
    This fun-filled book has it all--tips and fun facts on everything from glacier hiking to ship dining etiquette, places to paste in on-board snapshots, and evocative descriptions of what is in store along the Inside Passage. A must-have for planning and enjoying the trip--and preserving its memories.
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  • The Kid's Guide to New York City, 2nd

    Eileen Ogintz

    Paperback (GPP Travel, May 15, 2012)
    The Kid's Guide to New York City is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide for taking kids into the City.
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  • Kid's Trip Diary

    Marlor Press

    Paperback (Marlor Press, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Good for hours of entertainment, this interactive travel and trip planner contains activities to get children involved in the planning, games and puzzles to keep them busy en-route and enough space to record up to three weeks of special memories.
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  • The Kid's Guide to Denver, Boulder & Colorado's Ski Country

    Eileen Ogintz

    Paperback (Globe Pequot, Dec. 2, 2014)
    Before you plan your family’s next excursion, get some help from a travel professional… and your kids! Kid’s Guide to Denver & Boulder lets the kids help plan the trip and guides you as you explore these Colorado destinations. Inside you’ll find kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where to get the best souvenirs. Along the way, your kids will be engaged by reading and sharing fun facts and cool travel tips. Awesome games and quizzes will keep the family entertained. Fun for both visiting and local kids.
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  • Kid's Guide to Los Angeles County

    Eileen Ogintz

    Paperback (Globe Pequot Press, Dec. 3, 2013)
    Before you plan your family’s next excursion in Southern California, get some help from a travel professional… and your kids! The Kid’s Guide to Southern California lets the kids help plan the trip and guides you as you explore the region. Inside you’ll find kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where to get the best souvenirs. Along the way, your kids will be engaged by reading and sharing fun California facts and cool travel tips. Awesome games and quizzes will keep the family entertained.
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  • Kid's Guide to Orlando

    Eileen Ogintz

    Paperback (Globe Pequot, Dec. 4, 2012)
    The Kid's Guide to Orlando is a guidebook FOR the kids! With the guide, you get kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where to get the best souvenirs. Along the way, your kids will be engaged by reading and sharing fun facts and cool tips about Orlando parks and attractions. And awesome games and quizzes keep the family entertained!
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  • A Kid's Guide to African American History: More Than 70 Activities

    Nancy I. Sanders

    Paperback (Chicago Review Press, Oct. 1, 2000)
    What do all these people have in common: the first man to die fighting in the American Revolution, a onetime chief of the Crow Nation, the inventors of the banjo and peanut butter, and the first clockmaker in this country? They were all great African Americans. For parents and teachers interested in fostering cultural awareness among children of all races, this book includes more than 70 hands-on activities, songs, and games that teach kids about the people, experiences, and events that shaped African American history. Children will have fun designing an African mask, making a medallion like those worn by early abolitionists, playing the rhyming game "Juba," inventing Brer Rabbit riddles, and creating a unity cup for Kwanzaa. Along the way they will learn about inspiring African American artists, inventors, and heroes like Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Banneker, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, and Louis Armstrong, to name a few.
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  • The Kid's Guide to New York City

    Eileen Ogintz

    Paperback (Globe Pequot, Sept. 1, 2004)
    The Kid's Guide to New York City explores approaches the Big Apple by neighborhood, supplying kid-tested tips on where to go and what to see. Fun facts and tips on the area's best snacks and souvenirs are also included.
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  • The Kid's Guide to New York City, 2nd

    Eileen Ogintz

    Paperback (GPP Travel, May 15, 2012)
    The Kid's Guide to New York City is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide for taking kids into the City.
  • Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World

    Laurie Carlson

    Paperback (Chicago Review Press, Aug. 1, 1997)
    Young adventurers can learn about the settling of America while enjoying activities like stitching a sampler, pitching horseshoes, making an almanac, churning butter, and more.
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  • Green Thumbs: A Kid's Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening

    Laurie Carlson

    Paperback (Chicago Review Press, March 1, 1995)
    Budding gardeners will learn what it takes to make things grow with fun activities that require only readily available materials.
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