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City Trails - London

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Here's a book about London that's seriously streetwise! Let Marco and Amelia, our Lonely Planet explorers, take you off the tourist trail and guide you on a journey through London that you'll never forget. This book is perfect for anyone who has been to London, plans to go there or is just interested in finding out more about this amazing city! Discover London's best-kept secrets, amazing stories and loads of other cool stuff from the comfort of your own home or while visiting the city! But, you don't have to be a visitor or armchair traveller to enjoy this--Londoners are sure to learn new things about their very own city too! Find out how an old parrot hit the headlines, where you can purchase a tin of panic or some tasty brain jam, what the weirdest item ever left on a bus was and lots more! For readers ages 8 and up. Contents:

Special Streets
London By Jetpack
Tunnel Under London
Treasure Hunt
Yum Yum London
Go Wild
Magical Mysteries and Legends
London Wheels
London Out Loud
Scream Streets
Tales of Tails
Hey! Nosy Parker!
Secrets Revealed
Let's Do the Show
Wear London
Right Royal Route
Watery London
Sporty London
Pleased To Meet You

Also available: Paris City Trails, New York City Trails. About Lonely Planet Kids: 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. With a range of beautiful books for children aged 5-12, we're kickstarting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet can be. From bright and bold sticker activity books, to beautiful gift titles bursting at the seams with amazing facts, we aim 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 love of the world, our sense of humour and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the diverse and magnificent place it is. It's going to be a big adventure - come explore!

ISBN: 9781760342272
Pub Date: 3rd June 2016
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Ltd
Imprint: Lonely Planet Publications
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 104

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This is Book 42 in the Lonely Planet Kids Series. See all Lonely Planet Kids books here.

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Sofija Aged 8 8 books

24th September '16

Sofija read it themselves aged 8 aged 8

My sister and I really liked this book, but it isn't what we had expected at all. The title made us think that this would be like a kid's travel guide mixed with walking routes/underground/boat routes and things to spot as you went along. This isn't what it is, but it is still brilliant.

We have travelled through London through the pages of the book - discovering interesting facts linked to places around the capital. Each of the trails has a theme, for example, there is a treasure hunt trail, which looks at money and gold and treasure spots, which includes Hatton Garden, London Silver Vaults, Mansion House Treasures, the Bank of England and the Tower of London. There are 19 different trails and some of these are more obviously linked, such as a Royal trail and others have less obvious, but intriguing links, such as sounds of London, explored in London out Loud, which not surprisingly includes Big Ben, but less obviously perhaps The Valley Football Stadium! There are famous private homes in the spotlight in the Hey Nosey Parker trail, which includes London's narrowest house in Shepherd's Bush as well as the more famous 221b Baker Street amongst others.

This is a great book to dip in and out of if you can manage to put it down, or if you are like me, you won't be able to put it down and you will read it cover to cover - in fact I read a good deal of it out loud to my Mum, with an excited "Mummy, listen to this! before each new fact.

We are going to visit some of the places in this book, but I not all of them and not in the order in the book I don't think, unless they are near each other, but London is definitely an exciting place to visit after reading this book!

Lydib Aged 9 111 books

24th July '16

Lydib read it themselves aged 9 aged 9

This book is full of facts, both current and historical. It offers something a bit different to other guide type books and gives some great ideas of things to see and do. There are great pictures, its easy to read and very interesting. I am looking forward to my travels this summer and will be taking this with me.

KathVBtn Adult 138 book reviews

13th July '16

I read it to AnnaC aged 6 aged 6

thanks so much for our copy, a beautifully designed book with facts and ideas to explore London with all the family. Its going to help make our summer trips more exciting and full of adventures!

MicahW Aged 7 208 books

26th July '16

MicahW read it themselves aged 7 aged 7

I have a few Lonely Planet information books which I love, so I was looking forward to reading this. I love information books, and it has lots of fun facts. I recently went to London so it was fun, when reading it, to see which places or things we had seen or visited, and when I next go to London I will be taking this book with me. You can read the book in order, or use the contents page to skip to bits you would find more interesting. I learnt lots of interesting facts. I liked the secrets revealed section the best. I liked that it was a small book, a great size for my hands. Some information books I have are really big. You can get other guide books in the series for New York and Paris as well.

Belllboo Aged 9 205 books

26th July '16

Belllboo read it themselves aged 9 aged 9

I like this book a lot. We go to London a lot but there is so much to do and so many places to explore. London City Trails gives us lots of ideas on what we should see and do next.
I like that it has lots of snippets information on lots of places and me and my mum can go on Google if we want to find out more. I want to go to the Clink prison next.

dannylee Aged 6 58 books

15th July '16

dannylee read it themselves aged 6 aged 6

I liked seeing the different places to go to in London and learning more. Lovely pictures and interesting facts. I want to go and see all the tallest buildings in the summer holidays

Jac Aged 10 3 books

24th August '16

Jac read it themselves aged 10 aged 10

This was a fantastic book. I loved the pictures and the interesting facts. Mum said the book was lovely and glossy. I think she enjoyed it more than I did. It shows you 19 trails around London. Unfortunately we had to cancel our London break because I broke my arm a couple of days before we were supposed to go and I had to have an operation. Mum has promised to take me there next school holiday. I know I want to go on the "Tunnel Under London" trail and the "scream streets" trail. It's a great book to read if you're going exploring in London. I've learnt a lot of things about London and there's a lot of places I want to go to which I didn't know about before. I want to go and see the door to nowhere in Bayswater and I also want to try and find the blue and yellow boys and girls in Aldgate.

Bellboo's Mumma Adult 261 book reviews

8th July '16

I read it myself (an adult)

This book arrived today and I have read it cover to cover - I know it's for Bellboo, but she breaks up for school for summer in a week so I'm saving it for her to test, read and review then.
We live close to London but are stuck in the rut of doing the same things. Not any longer, this book has given me so many ideas and I know she will feel the same when she gets her hands on it.
Full of snippets of information, history, sketches and photographs this book is brill. I never knew there was a shop just for Monster supplies so close, so now I know exactly where to go to buy brain jam and jars of snot. Yup we are going to check it out!
I'm not sure if we will do the trails or just pick what we like and add it to our day - makes visiting the market to get cheese or veggies a lot more fun for my 9 year old.
Love love love this book, although unless I'm going to Paris or New York I'm not sure I will be as passionate about the others in the series.
Thanks for the fantastic giveaway Toppsta and Lonely Planet Kids.

Dance Sophie Aged 10 5 books

18th July '16

Dance Sophie read it themselves aged 10 aged 10

It was great to receive this book through the post and being a winner of it. I like this book because it gives you lot's of gruesome and interesting history facts. In the scream street section it tells you that in the 1800's London's burial grounds were overcrowded and bodies were being stashed on top of each other. Also the stench could be terrible and diseases spread from these sickening sights. There was also another interesting fact about chewing gum - around 6 tons gets dropped in London's West End every year and its costs over £10 million a year to clean the chewing gum off all of London's pavements. Mom and Dad like it too as it will give us something different to look at the next time we travel to London for a day trip together.

ahouseofbooks Adult 38 book reviews

19th July '16

I read it myself (an adult)

I was so impressed with this book. It is packed full of interesting facts, and I found myself poring over it as well as my daughter! It's really well researched and there is a great variety of interesting places in London to visit. It is well structured - and I also loved the mix of photos and illustrations. This is definitely a book we will refer to a lot over the coming years as we explore the capital!

Yoloman Aged 11 109 books

12th July '16

Yoloman read it themselves aged 11 aged 11

This book is very interesting, it tells you secrets and facts about London that you don't find in most books. The book highlights some famous places in London. This book has good illustrations. It doesn't take long to read.

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