Description
About the book. The Cities Book takes children to 86 cities around the world through photographs, illustrations, and hand-drawn maps. Lonely Planet Kids explores how these cities are experienced through food, celebrations, architecture, and history. The publisher recommends this English-language book for ages eight and up.
Content. The journey includes New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and Sydney. Tromsø also features, alongside cities such as Reykjavik, Copenhagen, Nairobi, Samarkand, and Apia. The spreads combine well-known landmarks with glimpses of city life and what it is like to grow up in different places. Each city offers a new starting point for comparing culture, buildings, and everyday life.
Who is this book suitable for? For children who love maps and cities, and adults who want to travel through the pages together with them. The book can be read in any order, or used to find a place you’ve visited or heard of. This is the 2016 edition with 212 pages, presented as an illustrated journey around the world and introduction to different cultures, with content and information from this edition.
Read together and discover more. Read together with an adult who can explain English words, and let the child choose a topic they want to learn more about. Feel free to pause at a picture or question that sparks interest, and talk about what you notice. A short reading session can be enough; the book can be opened again whenever curiosity leads you to the next topic. Try comparing what you read with other books or a map, so that new information gains a wider context. Let the child point out a detail they’ve discovered, and use it as the start of a conversation in Norwegian. It’s easy to return to favorite pages and find something you missed the first time. Alternate between reading aloud and studying the illustrations, so that text and pictures can complement each other along the way. Adjust the pace to the child’s interest and experience with English; there’s no need to follow a fixed reading order.
About the edition. English book, published 2016. 212 pages. ISBN 9781786570185.
