City TrailsParis 1 by Lonely Planet Kids

City TrailsParis 1 Reviews

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  Sheri

  Filled with interesting information and tidbits of trivia, kids can follow the trail to all kinds of unique locations throughout Paris. This is not a kid’s version of a Paris travel guide, although it is a nice introduction to the city, but instead a guide to cool stuff about Paris. Some may be sites that can be seen and experienced, while other things might be neat current or historic happenings that are fun to learn about.
  
  There’s a little bit of everything in this book and I can it see how it would be appealing to kids who are into obscure knowledge. It would be a fun book to read on the airplane on the way to France and to practice your French place name pronunciation. If the reader isn't familiar with the locales, the book can quickly become boring as the reader can’t relate to or otherwise associate with the places mentioned. I lost interest in the trivia relating to the lesser known locations, and even the well-known locations failed to hold my attention. A good book to pick up and browse here and there, but a hard one to read straight through.
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  Tara Mickela

  Lonely Planet has produced perfectly sized, illustrated and humorously worded travel books for kids highlighting 3 of my favorite cities. Though marketed for children, these are perfect for adults who want to get read short blurbs and recommendations of places to visit in an overwhelmingly historical city such as Paris with so much to see and do. Hoping they will follow up London and New York with some more!
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  Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance

  I've often found that the best introduction to a subject can be a children's book. City Trails - Paris is an excellent place to start for those of us who want to experience the best of Paris. It's filled with fun facts and fun illustrations. A delight.
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  Today We Did

  
  Today We Did
  This book caught my eye on the “New Books” table at my local library. I thought it would be good for my nine year old as she is learning French and this looked like an interesting cultural book to complement her learning. I started flicking through some of the pages and found myself immersed in the streets of Paris discovering museums, bridges, cafés and even cemeteries!
  
  The book contains nineteen themed trails through Paris. Each trail has a number of stops with some information about each location. Some of the locations are well-known, such as the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral, while others are somewhat obscure, but all were fascinating. These trails had every possible interest covered, from food journeys, sport, and art to romance, history and magic.
  
  The layout and content are superbly presented, with short bursts of texts, interspersed with plenty of photos and coloured illustrations throughout. There are also fact boxes and extra tidbits around the main text. I really liked the illustrations, which included the two kiddy guides, Marco and Amelia. You can spot this pair participating in various activities along the trails. All of the illustrations were bright, colourful and clear; some were quite funny too.
  
  I’ve never wanted to go to Paris as badly as I do right now! I would love to follow these trails and experience all of the incredible sights, sounds, smells and tastes I’ve discovered in Paris City Trails. It may be aimed at children, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I highly recommend it for anyone planning to travel to Paris with children (and anyone just dreaming of it!)
  
  Paris City Trails is suitable for middle primary school students and up. There are currently two other titles available in the Lonely Planet Kids series; London City Trails and New York City Trails. I plan to read them as well and hopefully there will be more titles available in the future. I’d really like to see some for other major European cities.
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  moxieBK

  City Trails - Paris [Kindle Unlimited] — Lonely Planet Kids Dec. 10-13, 2019
  
  This is a great book for middle school readers. It explores the history of Paris by “walking” though highlighted spots in the town. I liked the layout a lot, but this picture book is not ideal for tablet or computers.
  
  This was a hard book to read, even though I read it on my 2-1 computer through the Kindle app. The issue: the type is so dang tiny! And when I click on the dialog boxes to enlarge, sometimes it opens a different dialog box.
  
  I did read all the way through (some very interesting points of interest, and somethings I probably will avoid!) However, I don’t recommend this for tablet/computer e-readers. There is one page in which I had to lock my screen and turn on the side to read it. That would be no good for a computer!
  
  Loses a star due to these complaints.
  
  Three stars.
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  Katie

  While I really enjoyed this kids’ introduction to travel guides, I don’t understand its attempts to organize the sites and information into “trails” and then not include actual maps or any locations for the sites. Even the beginning has a theoretical map of Paris with graphic pushpins indicating the beginning of each trail. But there are no street names, no compass rose, no nothing. Each pin could be absolutely anywhere. Why bother with the ruse? It wouldn’t have taken much more effort to follow through and have an actual and useful map.
  
  So, for the publishers who value my opinion (ha!): guidebook? Maps! Lots of freaking maps! Snippets of Google Maps will suffice.
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  Anna Richland

  The selections were interesting and the graphics attractive, but there was very little context in the book. It was called "trails" as if you could use the book to plan an afternoon in Paris with your kids, but you absolutely cannot. No transportation or hours I fo given. The sights in the double page spreads have loose themes, but they aren't necessarily close to each other and there's no way, without a lot of separate research, to figure out where they are. There should have been a page for adults with everything on a map, or info in a bar at the bottom of each page.
  
  Final verdict: interesting, worth getting from library, but only so-so useful.
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  Edy Gies

  This is a great travel guide. We are planning a trip to Paris in June and this gives brief information about a great number of things around the city. I recommend this for adults and kids because the adult travel guides tend to over share and be very wordy. This was quick and very enjoyable.
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  Bea Elwood

  Lots of fun information, a great overview to give you ideas of what to visit. The "trails" don't actually include information about how far things are or actual maps to get there but the stories are still interesting.
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  Sarah

  Bring along to enlighten your trip to Paris!
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  Steve

  I’ve lived in Paris for 31 years, and this book is fantastic. I learned a lot of interesting facts about my adopted city. Great for adults and kids
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  Ronni

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