Introduce kids to the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean and get them to help plan their next family trip with this giant fold-out map. Bright and colorful, it unfolds into a detailed poster ready for kids to personalize by adding stickers to mark their family's travels and favorite locations. But that's not all! Flipping the map over reveals lots of fun facts to learn along the way.

My Family Travel Map - North America is a new, regional and more detailed version of Lonely Planet's original My Family Travel Map. It's now easier to navigate over greater distances en route and children can mark their dream, must-visit destinations to create an ultimate wishlist. Stickers include everything from wild weather and cool creatures to help bring the map to life, highlight what makes each destination unique, and create a keepsake record of family travel memories. It's also perforated, making it easy to remove and display as a wall poster.

Other Lonely Planet Kids family activity books also available:

  • My Family Travel Map
  • My Family Travel Map Europe
  • My Family Travel Map Australia
  • My Family Height Chart
  • My Vacation Scrapbook
  • My Vacation Drawing Journal
  • My Travel Journal
  • Backyard Explorer
  • Boredom Buster
  • Round the World Quiz Book
  • Brain Teasers

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 humor 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.


Introduce kids to Australia and help them plan their next family trip with this giant fold-out continental map. Bright and colourful, it unfolds into a detailed poster ready for kids to personalise by adding stickers to mark their family's travels and favourite places. But that's not all! Flipping the map over reveals lots of fun facts to learn along the way.

My Family Travel Map - Australia is a new, regional and more detailed version of Lonely Planet's original My Family Travel Map. It's now easier to plan trips and children can mark their dream, must-visit destinations to create an ultimate wishlist.

Stickers include everything from wild weather and cool creatures to help bring the map to life, while bite-size stats and quirky facts reveal fascinating insights about Australia's territories and largest cities.

It's also perforated, making it easy to remove and display as a wall poster.

Other Lonely Planet Kids family activity books also available:

-My Family Travel Map
-My Family Travel Map - North America
-My Family Travel Map - Europe
-My Family Height Chart
-My Holiday Scrapbook
-My Holiday Drawing Journal
-My Travel Journal
-Backyard Explorer
-Boredom Buster
-Round the World Quiz Book
-Brain Teasers

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.


Introduce kids to Europe and help them plan their next family trip with this giant fold-out continental map. Bright and colourful, it unfolds into a detailed poster ready for kids to personalise by adding stickers to mark their family's travels and favourite places. But that's not all! Flipping the map over reveals lots of fun facts to learn along the way.

My Family Travel Map - Europe is a new, regional and more detailed version of Lonely Planet's original My Family Travel Map. It's now easier to plan trips and children can mark their dream, must-visit destinations to create an ultimate wishlist.

Stickers include everything from wild weather and cool creatures to help bring the map to life, while bite-size stats and quirky facts reveal fascinating insights about each country.

It's also perforated, making it easy to remove and display as a wall poster.

Other Lonely Planet Kids family activity books also available:

-My Family Travel Map
-My Family Travel Map - North America
-My Family Travel Map - Australia
-My Family Height Chart
-My Holiday Scrapbook
-My Holiday Drawing Journal
-My Travel Journal
-Backyard Explorer
-Boredom Buster
-Round the World Quiz Book
-Brain Teasers

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.


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 planet’s urban areas and changed them over time. 

Featured cities include:

  • Thebes in Egypt (c. 900 BCE) - Shows the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes compared to the modern city of Luxor. Featured elements include the Temple of Karnak, the Temple of Luxor and King Tutankahmun’s Tomb in the Valley of the Kings

  • Constantinople, Turkey (c. 550) - Highlights the capital of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire as it looked at its peak in the 6th century, with its giant hippodrome compared with the modern city of Istanbul

  • Aarhus, Denmark (c. 950) - Showcases the Viking city of Aarhus as it was in the 10th century, compared to the port city that has grown up in its place

  • Tenochtitlan, Mexico (c. 1521) -  Exhibits the vast capital of the Aztecs as it was at the moment of the Spanish invasion compared to the cosmopolitan Mexico City which was built on top of it

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (c. 1565) - Explores the Brazilian city as it looked at the moment of its foundation, still largely covered in tropical jungle, to how it looks now

  • London, United Kingdom (c. 1666) - Delves into how London has changed since the time of the Great Fire of London to the present day

And much, much more!

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!

It's time to peek inside the world's most famous museums.

Welcome to Lonely Planet Kids' Incredible Cabinet of Wonders - the greatest little museum in the world! 12 collectors, from toy makers and monster hunters, to sailors and archaeologists, have created their own themed cabinets and filled them with their favourite things.

Kids can lift the flaps and open the cabinet doors to discover 100 extraordinary objects from our planet's weird and wonderful past and present, then read fascinating stories behind each one and find out where to see them in real life.

What objects will they find? And what stories will they tell?

The 12 themed collections are:

  • Toy Maker's Cabinet
  • Sailor's Cabinet
  • Monster Hunter's Cabinet
  • Naturalist's Cabinet
  • Miniaturist's Cabinet
  • Doctor's Cabinet
  • Treasure Hunter's Cabinet
  • Archaeologist's Cabinet
  • Costume Maker's Cabinet
  • Musician's Cabinet
  • Scientist's Cabinet
  • Make Believer's Cabinet

Each cabinet is illustrated by a different artist and features photos of every astonishing and unusual artefact.

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.