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Botswana. As I mentioned previously, I don’t really know too much about Botswana. My knowledge now, a few weeks focusing on the country, has grown. Little by little. In order to bridge my\u00a0knowledge gap, I contacted an author living in Botswana, Lauri Kubuitsile. She blogs at Thoughts from Botswana. Ms. Kubuitsile has\u00a0lived there since the … Read More about An interview with author Lauri Kubuitsile – an insiders look at Botswana<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Finding bookish things to do in new cities can be hard. I try to include recommendations on my individual state pages. And I’m slowly adding them to my country pages as well. However, UNESCO makes it just a little bit easier with their UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Readers should flock to the UNESCO Cities of … Read More about UNESCO Cities of Literature<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> I’m planning a trip to one of my favorite places on earth – EPCOT Center!!! Whoo! I’m excited. Since leaving Orlando over six years ago I haven’t made it to EPCOT and I’m ready to introduce my kids to it. This involves finding the Leave A Legacy photo my husband and I did the day … Read More about 22 Books to Help Kids Prepare for EPCOT’s World Showcase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> The world moves faster than my fingers. I add a new book to our Global Bookshelf at least once a day but find so many that I have to put on the backburner until I have time. So what’s a person who wants to share these books with the world to do? Welcome to my … Read More about Children’s travel book finds: September 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Edinburgh is the first city I’m writing about for the UNESCO Cities of Literature for Kids series on my blog because it was the first city to be part of this list back in 2004. However, I would’ve liked to have put Edinburgh first anyway. It’s a special city to me. My husband and I … Read More about UNESCO Cities of Literature: Edinburgh for Kids<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Happy 2017! I recently joined the Barefoot Books Ambassador Program. For those unfamiliar with Barefoot Books, I’ll quote from their about us page which says: Children need diverse, inclusive\u00a0and inspiring books. This is what we\u2019re all about. From the very beginning, our books\u00a0have opened windows to other cultures and perspectives, while also providing children of … Read More about The Barefoot Book of Children | A review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> How much does place influence our life? For Dr. Seuss, maybe a lot. Over the summer I visited Springfield, Massachusetts. This city was home to Ted Geisel. In Springfield I discovered the book The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew up to Become Dr. Seuss. *Please note: My father grew up near Springfield … Read More about Visiting Dr. Seuss’s Springfield, Massachusetts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> If you’re thinking of getting a travel-themed subscription box for your kids, Atlas Crate is definitely one of the best. I’ve shared several posts about what’s in the box, and today I share an Atlas Crate Review for the France Box. This is a little different from my other reviews, so scroll down to find … Read More about Atlas Crate: France<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> I’m excited to have a guest post today written by Travels with Gannon & Wyatt author, Keith Hemstreet. He writes about the importance of journaling, specifically noticing travel journals. As I mentioned in my last post, a review of the Travels with Gannon & Wyatt: Hawaii book, travel journals are a fun way to capture … Read More about The Importance of Travel Journaling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Today is the last day of Robin Barone’s fall contribution to our Bookstore Love series. She’s telling us about the Town Bookstore in Westfield,\u00a0NJ. Thank you, Robin, for your contributions to this series and showing us amazing bookstores around the U.S. I hope to hear more from you as you visit more stores in the … Read More about Bookstore Love: The Town Book Store in Westfield, NJ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Yesterday I reviewed the book Rabs and Ted and the Big Apple by Sally Bennett. Sally Bennett is the author of the kids’ book series, Rabs and Ted. Rabs and Ted are a bear and a rabbit who go on adventures around the world. So far they’ve visited Paris, London, and New York.\u00a0 I … Read More about An Interview with Sally Bennett – Author of the Series Rabs and Ted<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Use books to prepare kids for trips. I’ve said this before. So, in this new series for my site “Trip: By the Book,” I use a book to help inspire an itinerary for a trip. For those who are traveling to India, read on. Yesterday I reviewed A Puzzling Tour of India. Today I take … Read More about A Puzzling Tour of India, Trip: By the Book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Do you keep track of how many different states or countries you’ve visited? Every once in a while I like to think about it, but my son? He’s obsessed. He constantly asks me where we’ve been and I see him counting the states and countries with his fingers. This has got me thinking a lot … Read More about Tracking places visited and read about<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> I like to think that NYC was where my love of travel originated, and if that’s true, perhaps The Plaza Hotel is where my love of hotels started. Not because I stayed there, but because of a little girl named Eloise. In the list of book experiences kids can have while traveling, I can’t imagine … Read More about Visiting Eloise’s Plaza Hotel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> I’ve been following the Instagram account for Books are Magic for a while. I don’t remember how I first discovered it, but I’m glad I did. Books are Magic is a bookstore in Brooklyn. It\u00a0opened in 2017. The owner of the shop wrote one of my favorite reads of the summer of 2018 (a good … Read More about Bookstore Love: Books are Magic, Brooklyn, NY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> There’s a shift that happens when kids learn to read. They go from learning to read, to reading to learn. (This is actually a whole big thing at the Center for Public Education.) This series, the Living In… series, sits in that shift. It’s a series for kids who are learning to read that can … Read More about Living In…: Series Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Today I’m excited to bring in the second in our installment from Melissa at BabyCastonOnBoard. She frequently travels for work. While away she finds books for her, now toddler, son, Aiden. She shares them with us in her column, I Explored, Now He’ll Explore: Souvenir Books for Aiden. Her latest trip took her to London. … Read More about Souvenir Books for Aiden: London<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Today I have a guest post and author interview from Madeleine Editions author, Eleni N. Gage. Madeleine Editions offers travel-themed multi-sensory children’s stories with Apple Books that are pretty cool. Scroll down to read the interview and see a bit of a Madeleine Editions book trailer. What was your inspiration for choosing Nicaragua as the … Read More about Eleni N. Gage – Author Interview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Hershey’s Chocolate is my FAVORITE. It tastes like home to me. I’ve lived and visited many other countries, tried all their chocolate, but nothing compares. (Although, Lindt will do in a pinch – especially the red-wrapped ones.) Lucky for me, we’ve discovered a nice little stopping point for our journeys north from North Carolina. And … Read More about Visiting Hershey Chocolate World – and Children’s books about Hershey, Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Yesterday I reviewed the Molly and the Magic Suitcase book, Molly Goes to Shanghai. \u00a0As you may remember, I’ve visited Shanghai in the past and it is one of my favorite cities. Today I’m reviewing the book Molly Goes to Sydney. My experience with Sydney is not as extensive as mine with Shanghai. I’ve never … Read More about Molly Goes to Sydney | A Book Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> Stonehenge. Two years ago I took a trip to the UK and included a day trip to Stonehenge. When I told people about this trip, they almost always had a response of their experience. Either they’ve been to Stonehenge, know someone who’s been to Stonehenge, or heard about it some other way. And then they’d … Read More about Getting close to the stones at Stonehenge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>