The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid by Dylan Thuras

The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid Reviews

• 
  Schizanthus Nerd

  Did you know that the marvellous word ‘chocolate’ came from Mexico’s Aztec language?
  
  Can you imagine living in Mongolia and having someone bring a library to you on the back of a camel?
  
  Whether you want to swim in a lake full of jellyfish, enjoy a swing ride in a cooling tower that’s part of an amusement park in the grounds of a nuclear power plant or take a zip line to school, this book has got you covered.
  
  Because of my love for all things weird and wonderful I particularly enjoyed reading the obscure facts about each country you visit in this book. My favourite was:

  Iceland has the world’s only school dedicated to the study of elves.

  Although this book has added many experiences to my Bucket List, topping it is a visit (or maybe several hundred) to Coromoto’s Ice Cream Shop in Mérida, Venezuela. “About 60 of the 900 varieties are on sale at any given time.” I’m not sure whether I’d actually enjoy spaghetti flavoured ice cream, but I’d love to be able to say I tried it.
  
  Next you’ll find me in an Austrian library. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (the Austrian National Library) in Vienna has secret passages hidden behind bookcases! I don’t need any more information to sell me on this destination.
  
  The writing style in this book felt like I was listening to a tour guide. At times I can find writing that directly addresses the reader annoying but it worked for me here. I can imagine a young reader trying to picture ten million shrieking bats flying above them in Zambia, then feeling reassured that they’re not on the menu because these bats only eat fruit.
  
  Using size comparisons with objects kids are already familiar with was a great choice. It’s much easier to imagine how huge a blue whale is when you discover it’s longer than two city buses. There’s a good blend of history, culture, geography and mythology in this collection of interesting and quirky destinations.
  
  Joy Ang’s cover illustration was one of the things that drew me to this book in the first place and I really liked the details she incorporated and the different perspectives shown; sometimes I felt I was standing looking across a vista and other times I was granted a bird’s eye view. While I enjoyed seeing all of the people and animals illustrated, some landscapes felt unfinished, e.g., Antarctica’s Blood Falls looked blurry and not that interesting to me, whereas photos of this location made me want to visit. If I read this book with a child I’m sure we’d be Googling photos of each of the locations to continue our exploration.
  
  I managed to snag
  Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders on Kindle when it was recently discounted and am even more interested in reading it now.
  
  Thank you so much to NetGalley and Workman Publishing Company for the opportunity to read this book. I’m rounding up from 4.5 stars.
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  Morris

  As a fan of the adult Atlas Obscura, I was very excited to learn they were making a children's edition. It did not disappoint! It's packed with places kids (and adults) will find fascination, along with many bite-sized facts for the budding trivia buffs. I also enjoyed the illustrations. Highly recommended!
  
  
  This unbiased review is based upon a complimentary copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
• 
  Andrew

  Ever wanted to visit an abandoned theme park?
  Wanted to explore a cave made of salt?
  Travel inside a volcano?
  Try to work an ancient clock?
  Eat Spaghetti Ice cream?
  Swim in an underwater museum?
  Explore a blood-red waterfall?
  Get close enough to touch a wall of fire?
  See real-live mummies?
  Possibly meet dinosaurs?
  
  
  Take a trip and this handy (but large) guide to some of the most unique places in the world!
  The book showcases 50 combined countries and states, featuring 2-3 exhibitions awaiting there to intrigue young adventurers. The book not only features factoids about each of these sights, but also its longitude and latitude, geographical attributes and cool trivia. The atlas contains a two-page spread of mandatory supplies, as well as tips and speed based on mode of transport.
  The illustrations offer enough to intrigue but not necessarily give away all of the attributes each of these places offer.
  
  Come on Explorers! Let's go on an adventure!
• 
  Angela Brown

  Here is an incredibly beautiful book aimed at young adventurers, or even young adventurers at heart. It’s the sort of book that you will want to read with a torch under the bed covers, sprawled out in a treehouse, curled up in a window seat on a winter's afternoon or on the grass underneath the shade of a tree.
  
  But, don’t wait for the right place. You are in the right place! This book should be read wherever you find yourself right now, at a bus stop, in the schoolyard or even at the kitchen table.
  
  The text, beautifully written by Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco unfurls your imagination over 100 pages of quirky, curious places and facts hidden in the nooks and crannies of our amazing planet. At times achingly poetic descriptions of watching sunsets rise over distant forests, or lowering yourself into the centre of the earth, sits alongside thoughtful questions to ponder alongside scientific facts and details.
  
  You navigate country to country on a global romp, magically illustrated with sketches and some beautiful coloured artwork that bring an element of comic and manga epic-ness to real places, through illustrator Joy Ang.
  
  You are encouraged to emerge from the pages with eyes wide open to the possibility of discovering this fascination around you. Be prepared to find your own way! Reading this book reminds me of the thrill of the first time reading a choose your own adventure book when I was a child.
  
  For me, what makes this book stand out, is that as readers, we are challenged to find and connect the elements of wonder in the places around us now. Although the book contains just snippets of the world found in the borders and margins of places, the writers demonstrate that any two places in the world can be connected, so that you can traverse in thought from place to place.
  
  There are no photographs of the destinations included, but with the related Atlas Obscura website to explore, photographs really aren’t needed in the book.
  
  This is a book to read if you are a kid, aimed at ages 8-12, but also a book to read if you forgot or refused to grow up.
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  Michael Fitzgerald

  Aside from the dumb relativism ("You can travel halfway around the globe to see an incredible sight, then discover that there's something just like in your own neighborhood.") to absurd consumer madness ("Here are some things you might want to pack - "Solar charger," "Satellite phone," "Reusable water bottles: You'll be chugging a lot of water. For extra green points, carry reusable silverware and a straw, too!" Yet no mention of actually useful things like water purification tablets.), this book is packed with trivia and oh-so-hip commentary.
  
  Many of the entries are interesting, but a lot are rather superficial. Instead, try
  Richard Halliburton's Complete Book of Marvels.
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  Literary Redhead

  “The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid” is an amazing junior version of “Atlas Obscura,” the #1 New York Times bestseller with more than 600,000 copies in print in its first year. This book for younger readers introduces children to 100 weird-but-true places on earth — a wonderful and thrilling journey! 5/5
  
  Pub Date 18 Sep 2018
  
  Thanks to Workman Publishing Company and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.
  
  #TheAtlasObscuraExplorersGuideForTheWorldsMostAdventurousKid #NetGalley
• 
  Ashley Adams

  A great reference for a classroom library. Engaging, informative and fun!
• 
  Weinlachgummi

  Die Kids Edition des Atlas Obscura kommt mit 112 Seiten daher und im DIN-A4-Format, der Hardcover Einband ist schön dick und es gibt jede Menge Zeichnungen. Einige von euch werden sicherlich die Erwachsenen Versionen kennen, ich gehöre nicht dazu und bin so ohne Erwartungen an die Kinder Version gegangen.
  
  
  Empfohlen wird das Buch für Leser ab 8 Jahren, ich kann mir aber auch gut Vorstellen, dass man es auch schon jüngeren Vorlesen kann. Ich habe es ohne Kind gelesen und fand es auch als Erwachsene informativ und spannend die 100 abenteuerlichsten Orte der Welt zu entdecken.
  
  
  Zu Beginn des Buches findet man gleich die Botschaft "Du befindest dich bereits an einem ganz erstaunlichen Ort" das fand ich sehr schön, denn jeder Ort hat etwas für sich und wenn man nur von fremden Orten träumt, verpasst man was sich schönes vor der eigenen Haustür abspielt. Danach folgt eine kleine Packliste, was man so alles braucht, um die Welt zu entdecken, dies fand ich eine witzige Idee. Daraufhin folgt der Reiseplan oder auch die Inhaltsangabe, so kann man, wenn man möchte auch einzelne Länder überspringen und behält einen guten Überblick.
  
  
  Gestartet wird mit Island, dabei findet man immer links oben einen Globus auf dem das jeweilige Land markiert ist. Dies hat mir gefallen, denn so bekommt man gleich einen Bezug, wie groß das Land im Vergleich zu anderen ist und wo auf der Welt es liegt. Daneben gibt es dann ein paar Fakten z. B. die Einwohnerzahl und die Hauptstadt. Und dann vollen Geschichten und Infos zu den Abenteuerlichen Orten.
  
  
  Fazit:
  Mir hat der Atlas gut gefallen, man lernt auch als Erwachsener noch etwas dazu.
  Die vielen farbigen Bilder bzw. das die Bilder die ganze Seite einnehmen hat das Lesen nochmal schöner gestaltet, ich muss aber gestehen, dass ich die Bilder manchmal nicht ganz so schön fand. Es ist wirklich Merkern auf sehr hohen Niveau.
  Der Aufbau hat mir gefallen, alles schön übersichtlich.
  Und auch die Auswahl der Infos und Geschichten war eine schöne Mischung und unterhaltsam und auch altersgerecht geschrieben für Kinder ab 8 Jahren.
  Macht sich bestimmt gut unter dem Weihnachtsbaum ;-)
  
  
  
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  Farhan

  বিদেশি সব বইয়ের প্রচ্ছদ বা ব্যাক কাভারে বিভিন্ন পত্রিকা বা নামজাদা লেখকের প্রশংসাবাণী থাকে, যেমন 'মার্ভেলাস', 'এক্সিলারেটিং', 'এমন বই আর লেখা হয়নি', আর কেন জানি সব বই-ই 'নিউ ইয়র্ক টাইমস বেস্টসেলার'। এগুলোকে পাত্তা দেয়ার প্রশ্নই আসে না, এরচেয়ে গুডরিডসের টিনেজ পাঠকদের রোমান্টিক নভেলের রেটিংও বেশি বিশ্বাসযোগ্য। তবে এই বইটা ব্যতিক্রম। এটার প্রচ্ছদে নেইল গেইমান লিখেছেন--"আমার ধারণা ছিল আমি পৃথিবীর সব ধরণের জায়গায় ঘুরেছি, কিন্তু এটলাস অবস্ক্যুরা পড়ার পর আমার মনে হয়েছে অনেক কিছু দেখা বাকি।"
  
  গেইমানের মত মানুষ যদি বলেন কিছুই দেখা হয়নি, তাহলে আমার মত ছাপোষা লোক আর কি বলবে? এটলাস অবস্ক্যুরা মূলত একটা প্রজেক্ট; সাধারণত অতি বিজ্ঞাপিত ট্যুরিস্ট সাইটের বাইরেও যে দুনিয়ায় দেখার মত কত অদ্ভুত বিচিত্র জায়গা আছে, সেগুলোর সাথে পরিচয় করিয়ে দ��য়াই এর উদ্দেশ্য। উদাহরণ দিই। ইংল্যান্ডে আছে এক 'পয়জন গার্ডেন', যেখানে সব গাছই বিষাক্ত। চেরাপুঞ্জিতে দেখা যাবে গাছের শেকড় বছরের পর বছর বাড়িয়ে গড়ে তোলা সেতু। মালি-তে রয়েছে 'গ্রান্দে মস্কি', কাদা দিয়ে তৈরি পৃথিবীর সবচেয়ে বড় স্থাপনা। মূল বইতে আছে ৭০০টা এমন দর্শনীয় স্থান বা বস্তুর বিবরণ; আর ছোটদের সংস্করণে আছে ৪৭টা। তবে ছোটদেরটায় বোনাস হলো দুর্দান্ত সব ইলাস্ট্রেশন। যারা আমার মত ঘরে বসে দুনিয়া দেখে জুলভার্ন হতে চান, তাদের জন্য অবশ্যপাঠ্য। যদিও আফসোস হতে পারে, বিচিত্র দুনিয়ার আশ্চর্য কোন কিছুই না দেখে মরে যেতে হবে ভেবে। যদি বয়স থাকে, সামর্থ্য থাকে, বেরিয়ে পড়ুন। বইয়ে বর্ণিত জায়গাগুলোর মাঝে ২-১টায় আমিও গেছি; মিলে যেতে দেখে যে আনন্দটা হয় সেটা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করা যায় না। যদি নিজের বাচ্চাকাচ্চা থাকে, তাদেরকে অতি অবশ্যই পড়ান, আপনি না পারলেও পরের প্রজন্ম মার্কো পোলো হতেও পারে, কে জানে! আর বই না কিনলেও Atlas Obscura এর ওয়েবসাইটে গিয়েও দেখতে পারেন।
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  Rachel

  This book is fabulous. The visual design elements are masterfully done, and the selection of places is intriguing. The descriptions of each place are substantial without being overwhelming.I will be adapting material in this book for lessons with my students, as well as giving it as a gift to my young friends with wanderlust.
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  Rebecca

  Flipped through. Really nice design here, with full-bleed illustrations (by Joy Ang) on every page. This would be a great gift book to get a kid thinking about travel and adventure.
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  KC

  A great companion book to The Atlas Obscura (and website) all about global oddities and quirky wonders of the world.
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  Ira

  Unfortunately, this book couldn't totally convince me. On the one hand. there are amazing places in it that not only kids will long to see but most of the illustrations are rather rough, more eye-catchers than real representations of the places and most of them don't invite to browse and linger on the pages.
  
  The descriptions are enticing and make you want to visit those fascinating and intriguing places but - most of them are simply not doable for kids, not even the most adventurous ones. It's always a question of opportunity and money. Those places are far to exotic, no kid could go there without its parents and not many parents have the money to go there. That wouldn't be a problem if the list of items to take and so on at the beginning wouldn't suggest that this is a book that leads you to places that you can explore. You could do that, sure, but you have no chance to get there.
  If there were other illustrations or photos, this could be some bucket list for years to come but ...see above: not with this kind of illustrations and not with this list at the beginning.
  
  Sure, some places are doable but most of them aren't. I think that most kids would prefer to have more places in it that they can actually explore than those (truly amazing, just saying) others that are unreachable.
  The journey takes us from Iceland to Venezuela via Antarctica, Japan, Russia, Africa, Australia, China and all over Europe. I think that it might be rather frustrating as the descriptions make you want to pack and just go there but reality being a beast and such, most of us have to resign ourselves to dreams of going there but - well, back to the illustrations.
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  Meggies

  2017 erschien der unvergleichliche "Atlas Obscura", eine Sammlung kurioser Orte auf der Welt. Dieser Atlas hat mich schwer begeistert können und ich hatte mir schon einige Orte rausgesucht, die ich auf jeden Fall im Rahmen meiner Möglichkeiten besuchen möchte.
  
  Nun erschien ein weiterer Atlas Obscura, diesmal eine Kids Edition. "Entdecke die 100 abenteuerlichsten Orte der Welt" - so lautet der Untertitel und verspricht damit eine Reise zu wundersamen Orten, die für Kinder interessant sein könnten.
  
  Die Reise beginnt damit, dass wir erst einmal unseren Rucksack packen müssen. Auf der ersten Seite gibt es Tipps, was alles benötigt wird. Sei es Sonnenschutz, Fotoapparat, Pinsel und Farbe oder Ziegenfutter. An alles wird gedacht.
  
  Sodann begeben wir uns zu unserem ersten Reiseziel nach Island. Dort werden uns der Vulkan Prihnuagigur sowie die Massenwanderung der Blauwale bei Husavik vorgestellt. Auf je einer Doppelseite lernen wir ein anderes Land und zwei besondere Orte oder Vorkommnisse kennen. So kommen wir nach Sambia, Äthiopien, Vietnam, Norwegen und viele andere Länder. Am Anfang jeder Doppelseite bekommen wir einige Infos über da jeweilige Land, wie z. B. die Lage, die Hauptstadt oder eine Kuriosität.
  
  Die jeweiligen "Sehenswürdigkeiten" werden dann genauer beschrieben und mit einer Zeichnungen unterstützt. Die Illustrationen stammen von Joy Ang. Allerdings muss ich sagen, dass mir die Bilder zu den jeweiligen Orten nicht sehr gefallen haben. Durch die Zeichnungen entsteht bei mir kein richtiges Bild des Ortes. Hier hätte ich mir echte Fotos gewünscht, damit man das Kopfkino besser arbeiten lassen kann.
  
  Der Schreibstil ist für Kids genau richtig. Es wird in vertraulichem Ton mit den Kindern "gesprochen", so dass sie Lust darauf bekommen, den Ort vielleicht wirklich mal zu besuchen. Bei manchen Orten ist dies jedoch nicht realisierbar oder zumindest mit großem Aufwand verbunden. Und doch sind einige Orte dabei, bei denen man auch als Erwachsener Lust auf einen Besuch bekommt.
  
  Ich hatte jede Menge Spaß beim Lesen und war immer wieder überrascht, was denn so wunderbar Obskures auf unserer Erde zu finden ist.
  
  Die Nazca-Wüste oder Dinospuren auf Steinwänden waren noch die "harmlosesten" Wunder. Quallenseen, immerwährende Gewitter oder ein Vergnügungspark in einem Kühlturm schon eher verwunderlich.
  
  Unsere Erde ist ein faszinierender Ort mit undenkbar vielen Möglichkeiten. Und ich gehe davon aus, dass noch längst nicht alles entdeckt wurde. Vielleicht sammeln die Autoren weiter und es gibt einen weiteren Band, in welchem die Wunder der Erde aufgezeigt werden.
  
  Meggies Fussnote:
  Eine abenteuerliche Reise rund um die Welt.
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  Sandy

  The information inside this non-fiction children’s book was very interesting and it made me want to pack my bags and hop on an airplane. I would love to go see the Capuchin Catacombs in Italy and Ho Thuy Tien Water Park in Vietnam, they both sound like great destinations. The book provides just enough information to intrigue my interest in each of the destinations as I travel around the globe. This was such a fun and educational read.
  
  Each two-page spread features a region where two unique, places are highlighted. With 50 regions, you get 100 different places to explore that are described in a few paragraphs. There is Kolmanskop, The Odyssey Shipwreck and Skeleton Lake, just to name a few, there is bound to be a destination for everyone. I was intrigued with all these unique places around the globe. With a terrific index and glossary, it’s easy to find what you are looking for.
  
  This book is filled with 50 different destinations across the globe. Since this is a children’s book, I can’t see children using this to plan a trip unless they live close to the destination that they chose. So, the “100 extraordinary places to visit” that was written on the front of the cover was hard to believe for this children’s book. I also was disappointed in the illustrations. After all the work the author did to find such great locations, I would have thought the illustrations would have been more life-like. They would have added more to the excitement of the destination than the illustrations that did make its way to the book’s pages.
  This book provided entertaining and fun information that I really enjoyed but the illustrations were a disappointment for me. I think older children will enjoy reading about these destinations, as will adults but to plan a trip, children will have to “dream” while adults might actually be able to pack their bags. It’s a book worth looking into.
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  Linda Lou

  This is a book that is chock full of adventures of places all over the world. There are 100 adventures in 47 countries for even the most adventurous child in the world. Granted, several of these adventures are in US states. The book is supposedly written for children 8 and up; but it can easily be condensed and paraphrased for a much younger child. My grandson is 4 and he was totally captivated. He would choose the adventure and dad adapted it for a quick adventure at bedtime. Each adventure is two pages long with beautifully detailed illustrations. BONUS... it is educational as well as it sparks questions and the imagination. It has an extensive Packing List and a travel itinerary (which is really the table of contents) This is quite an explorer’s guide for the world’s most adventurous kid you may know! Perhaps that just may be YOU!
  
  
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  Tintenwelten

  Mit Hilfe des "Atlas Obscura Kids Edition" können große und kleine Leser an 100 abenteuerliche und geheimnisvolle Orte auf der ganzen Welt reisen. Das Buch führt zu Vulkanen und Höhlen, in die Wüste oder sogar zu einem Quallensee. Es zeigt dem Leser immerwährende Gewitter, ein Atomkraftwerk, in dem heute ein Freizeitpark beheimatet ist und vieles mehr. Mit kurzen, prägnanten, informativen, aber dennoch humorvollen Texten schüren die Autoren Neugier, Interesse und Faszination für die Welt und ihre ungewöhnlichen Orte sowie atemberaubende Naturspektakel.
  
  Ein besonderes Highlight stellen aber garantiert die Illustrationen dar. Jede Seite ist ein Kunstwerk, das in verschiedene Ecken unseres Planeten entführt. Wunderschöne Farben und stimmige Bilder machen einfach Lust auf mehr und den "Atlas Obscura" zu etwas ganz besonderem. Es gibt so unglaublich viel zu entdecken, so dass man sich einfach nicht satt sehen kann!
  
  Dieses Sachbuch ist für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet. Es enthält neben spannenden Informationen über die verschiedenen Länder auch eine Packliste und zusätzliche Tipps für junge Entdecker. Besonders gelungen ist auch, dass sogar die geografischen Koordinaten der verschiedenen Orte angegeben werden.
  
  Alleine schon wegen der Illustrationen einen Blick wert!
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  Thomas

  If you’re a fan of Atlas Obscura (and who wouldn’t be?!) and you have (adventurous) young ones – you’d be hard pressed to find a more entertaining book.
  
  The illustrations are solid, the countries (and/or various states here in the US) highlighted are interesting and a majority of the off-the-beaten-path sites/stories are unique and definitely intriguing for us old farts and the kids, and the silly dad jokes and weak puns all pass muster.
  
  As soon as I get my passport renewed I'll try my darnedest to hit at least one of these places.
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  Alicia

  A fascinating and beautiful nonfiction that captures an adventurer's heart by going from place to place whether countries or continents and gives you two paragraphs on two features of the place with a beautiful landscape backdrop and then a few little extra factoids.
  
  I devoured the book and could see it sitting out on a table just to be scanned through. So fascinating and I wish they would continue!
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  OutlawPoet

  Oh, this is such a wonderfully fun book.
  
  And, honestly, it's as much fun for adults as it is for kids.
  
  You get references to some of the most interesting places in the world - some eerie, some exotic, and some just plain full of adventure!
  
  Definitely will inspire a sense of wanderlust in any reader!
  
  Simply Excellent!
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  Kayla

  Truly engaging non-fiction for kids can be hard to find, and this one is amazing!! We gave it to our seven year-old for Christmas, and I am still finding her curled up with it over and over! I love the illustrations, the variety of places and wonders highlighted, and how it opens a child’s mind to so many new ideas! There are two pages talking about mummies and two talking about interesting burial practices (side of a cliff?!), but my kids just said, “Eew,” and moved on to salt mines in Poland, the Eiffel Towers secret apartment, buildings made out of glass bottles on Prince Edward Island, and the Wall of Dancing Dinos in Bolivia. We’ve googled a lot of the topics to see real photos and learn more- such an awesome book!!!
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  Marcia

  A very cool book that leads the reader through 47 different countries, linked by interesting/weird sites. Would be a wonderful book for a child interested in geography, travel, interesting facts. There is a lot here to take in and it is presented in a beautiful way.
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  Bridget Kiersten

  Bedtime reading with the small fry. Delightful! All 105 pages are unique topics, so it's an excellent book to read through over the course of a few weeks with a kiddo without losing track of a plotline.
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  Kathi H

  Die Kids Edition ist klasse, es werden interessante Orte vorgestellt, die Fakten werden für Kinder verständlich erklärt und die Illustrationen sind super.
  Mir hat auch sehr gut gefallen, dass eine Packliste dabei ist, was kleine und große Entdecker auf ihrer Reise benötigen.
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  RachelAnne

  A delicious collection of obscure and wondrous places that makes me want to travel more NOW
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  Kara

  Guys, this book is AWESOME. My five year old loves it even though a lot of it goes over his head. We borrowed it from the library and are on our second read.
  
  When we turn a page, I’ll read the country name and its location, and he’ll find it on the globe. Then we’ll read the really cool, in-depth facts.
  
  I’d highly recommend this one for folks with elementary kids.
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  Jenn

  Enough weird stuff to appeal to curious kids, or to those interested in world cultures, history and geography.
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  Holly

  Neat stories but definitely geared towards later elementary school-aged kids. Also, it's more like imaginary travel/travel for when you're an adult.
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  Jill

  Thanks to NetGalley for an early copy of this book.
  
  The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid is an amazing adventure story…even for adults. I have seen the adult version of this book, but have never picked it up, but I will now. This book takes you around the world to many countries and gives you details on two unusual places to visit in each country. For each country you are shown on a globe where it is and given several facts. Each location has an illustration showing what the write up is about and the latitude and longitude coordinates are given so you can look the site up on Google Earth. (Although, all the coordinates in the advanced copy were the same for every location, I think this will be a great add on to a child reading this book.) My only other complaint about this book is I wish real life pictures were used for at least some of the locations instead of the illustrations; I ended up using Google Images to see many of the places mentioned.
  
  The book is full of crazy facts and stories. Read this book to find out:
  - Which country went to the Olympics as one country and came home as a different county?
  - What was added to the mortar for the Great Wall to help hold it together?
  - Which country was the first to allow women to vote in national elections?
  - Where can you find a church made of trash?
  - And many, many more…
  
  This book will be a great gift for any adventurous kid or anyone who likes to read about adventures.