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Road Trip Books for Kids (AMAZING ACTIVITIES!)

October 8, 2018

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These Ultimate Road Trip Activities for Kids will make Thanksgiving and Christmas Road Trips to family amazing! Keep your kids happy and entertained as you drive with this Ultimate Guide to books, journals, and activities your kids will LOVE! #VanAdieu #StopWastingWeekends #RoadTrip #Christmas #Thanksgiving #Family #Kids #Holidays
These Ultimate Road Trip Activities for Kids will make Thanksgiving and Christmas Road Trips to family amazing! Keep your kids happy and entertained as you drive with this Ultimate Guide to books, journals, and activities your kids will LOVE! #VanAdieu #StopWastingWeekends #RoadTrip #Christmas #Thanksgiving #Family #Kids #Holidays

Long road trip ahead?  Yah, we get you.  Sometimes you just need to find INCREDIBLY fun things to do.  To be honest, if you get these books, the road trip itself might have some of your best memories.  I promise.  You really can make an incredible family vacation with these road trip books for kids of all ages (little to big!), that even have amazing activities in them!

If you are visiting any of the United States National Parks or the Great Outdoors – these books will be FANTASTIC – and introduce your kids to nature and wildlife before they even arrive!

1. Across the USA Activity Book

Across the USA Activity Book

Draw, sticker and play (and learn!) your way across the USA! 112 pages!  This is great for ages 6 and up! Word searches, matching games, letter scrambles and more, highlight everything from state mottoes and famous monuments to natural wonders and roadside attractions to make this a road trip to remember!

Publishers Weekly says, “This activity book offers readers a veritable American road trip by way of geographically themed games, riddles, design activities, knowledge quizzes, and other tasks. Alexander integrates facts and insights into cultural and historical attractions across the states, and Mullan works in a playful art style that brings variety to each spread. In a scene depicting an Old West mining town, readers are invited to track down bags of gold; elsewhere, readers can draw dinosaur bones they might discover in fossil-rich regions. Armchair travelers or readers on the road will find much to explore. Includes stickers and a removable U.S. map.”

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2. Wonders of the USA

Wonders of the USA - Shine-a-Light

Your road trip warriors explore caves and rivers, visit national parks and view historic buildings. Shine a flashlight behind the page or hold it to the light to reveal what is hidden in and around our country. Discover a land of great surprises! Road Trip and armchair travelers alike will glimpse sites such as Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Grand Canyon, Denali, the Everglades, Carlsbad Cavern, Yellowstone National Park, and a bald eagle.

3. National Geographic Kids Ultimate U.S. Road Trip Atlas

Road trip atlas

Keeping kids entertained while on a long road trip drive can be a challenge, but the National Geographic Kids Ultimate U.S. Road Atlas can help. This book includes easy-to-read, simple road maps of each state and Washington, D.C., and a map of the United States. State symbols, cool things to do, boredom busters, fun facts, wacky roadside attractions, and games accompany the maps and provide engaging information with stunning photographs that will keep kids engaged for hours. In the back matter, a comprehensive index makes it easy for kids to look up names and places. To top it all off, everything is presented in colorful NG Kids style, allowing kids to learn as they ride and have a blast doing it! Frankly, you will probably love it too!

4.  Mad Libs for your Road Trip 

You know you want this, right?  You’ll say you’re buying it for the kids, but your secret is safe with me. Pack your bags and get ready to hit the road with this latest installment of family fun! You can help create car songs, spot some historical sights, even stop at a roadside diner–with a Mad Libs’ twist, of course! Many have tried to imitate the world’s most popular word game, but they just can’t ___VERB___ the mustard! With Mad Libs on the Road, traveling has never been so wacky!

5. Survival Camp – Bear Grylls

Survival Camp - Bear Grylls

Ok, if you don’t know Bear Grylls you HAVE to get this book.  All of his books are seriously amazing – not only for kids but for anyone! Let Bear Grylls teach you everything you need to know to cope in all weather and terrain and even through the air, over the seas, and under the waves. The wonderful world is out there just waiting to be discovered! The perfect gift for any young adventurers in training.

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6.  1,000 Animals

1,000 Animals Book

A delightful word book showing exactly one thousand animals, each individually named and lovingly illustrated. Every double page includes an array of animals to pore over, from dinosaurs to dogs. A wonderful book to share together, perfect for young animal lovers, and an excellent way for children to add lots of words to their spoken vocabulary.

7. Little Children’s Nature Activity Book

Little Children's Nature Activity Book

An imaginative nature-themed activity book for young children, packed with different things to do. As well as lots of coloring and stickering, there are mazes, spotting puzzles, dot to dot, step-by-step drawing, and lots more. Fascinating facts about animals, plants, insects and different natural environments are incorporated into the activities.

8. Woodland Book

Woodland Book

Discover your inner explorer with this fascinating introduction to the wildlife, plants, history and magic surrounding woodlands. Full of fun activities, including how to spot and identify trees and animals, how to build woodland shelters and set up camp, and how to draw maps and explore the woods.

9. State Capitals

State Capitals- Explore the Capital Cities of our 50 States!

On your next road trip, take this book for your kids! (Or maybe yourself, because let’s be honest, do you really know all 50?) Take a journey to the capital city of each state through the brightly colored pages of this book. The wonderfully illustrated maps showcase natural features, historical landmarks, and amazing sights and are packed with fascinating facts and statistics. You’ll discover every state’s flag, wildlife, history, and much more!

10.  My First Reference Book About Nature

My First Reference Book About Nature (IR)

Little children need to learn a huge amount of vocabulary words before they start to read, and one of the best ways in which to do that is to share books with them. This book is a perfect vocabulary builder with over one hundred nature-based words, each with a picture. Simply point to a picture and say the word, and your child will soon be picking up new words. Puzzles and quizzes add to the fun and help test your knowledge.

11.  Mysteries & Marvels of Nature

Mysteries & Marvels of Nature Book

What sixth sense turns a shark into a deadly hunter? Why does snow sometimes turn red? Where does a penguin keep its egg? And how does a lizard keep its cool in the desert? Unlock these secrets and many more inside this book. From the miniature to the massive, and from the mysterious to the ridiculous – find out how living things from the plant and animal kingdoms cope with every day life. Brilliant photographs and illustrations reveal a hidden world in which the plants and creatures with the most ingenious design features succeed. Throughout this book, there are recommended websites where you can find out more about the mysteries and marvels of nature.

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12. Nature Journal

Nature Journal

On a Road Trip? Or camping with your kiddos? Have them make the MOST of their family vacation.  Teach them to start journaling and develop a life long love with writing. Whether you’re in a bustling city or the depths of a forest, this journal will help you make the most of the nature around you. With inspiration for things to do and see in nature, including cloud formations, moon phases, leaf identification, and interesting facts about nature, all great starting off points for your own poems, stories, sketches, or wildlife spotting.

13. First Sticker Book Nature

First Sticker Book Nature

STICKERS!!!!!!! A delightful, interactive book on a subject that young children love. Encourages word and picture recognition and matching, and aids vocabulary building for children starting to learn to read.

14.  Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers About Nature

Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers About Nature Book

Why do spiders make webs? Where do clouds come from? How many leaves does a tree have? Inquisitive young children can discover the answers to these questions and many more in this beautifully illustrated information book, containing over 60 flaps to lift. A fascinating introduction to the natural world.

15. Outdoor Book

Outdoor Book

This book has lots and lots of activities to do outdoors, wherever you are or whatever the weather – by the sea or on a riverbank, in the woods, in your garden, when it’s sunny or raining, or even at night. Activities include making a shelter from branches and leaves, going on a nighttime nature walk, marking out trails to follow, making your own map, exploring a rock pool, and even cooking on a campfire.

16.  Survival Skills Handbook

Survival Skills Handbook

Again, we are back to Bear Grylls, because he is AWESOME!!!! This practical, illustrated outdoor field guide is full of information with step-by-step instructions and tips and advice from Bear Grylls: camping and dangers to spot and avoid in the wild, finding your way, and mastering amazing knots. This is the must-have survival guide for all young explorers!

17. 1,000 Things in Nature

1,000 Things in Nature

From soaring birds and towering trees high above your head to busy bugs and cozy burrows found beneath your feet, the natural world is full of treasures to be discovered. This book takes you across jungles, over deserts, through gardens, and under the ocean to see exactly 1,000 amazing things found in nature. The book takes children through lots of different habitats (the savannah, desert, jungle, under the sea, mountains, etc.) to see beautiful illustrations of the plants, natural features, and animals of these biomes. It also features pages like ‘Creepy-crawlies’, ‘Food in nature’, ‘Rocks, fossils & gems’, and ‘Feathers, eggs & nests’.

18. Animal Detective

Animal Detective Book

AMAZING ACTIVITY BOOK! Learn how to tell the difference between a tiger and wolf footprint, discover if a fox is using its den, and much more through this book’s fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes.

19. All You Need Is a Pencil: The Totally Hilarious All About America Activity Book

All You Need Is a Pencil: The Totally Hilarious All About America Activity Book

Kids will be catapulted back through American history with dozens of activities, quizzes, games, puzzles, and doodles that explore the wacky side of our country’s past. Explore early American history as you draw a new dress for Abigail Adams, practice your signature like John Hancock, and do a word search of popular names from the 1770s. Conquer a MadLib of the national anthem or write your own modern history by designing your own presidential campaign—then decorate the oval office after you’re elected.

Peppered with “A Bit of Learnin”’ sections to give the real facts behind the activities, Hilarious American History makes America’s past, present, and possibly future come alive for kids.

20.  Look Inside Nature

Picture of Look Inside Nature (IR)

An inspiring book that explores the wonders of nature, with gorgeous illustrations and ingenious flaps. Look up in the trees, behind the reeds or under the ground to see what’s living there, and discover how plants grow and make seeds.

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21.  The COMPLETE Bear Grylls Adventures!

Bear Grylls Adventures Complete Library Collection (4)

These books are FANTASTIC for kids! Magical transportation to the beautiful world of nature! You’re given a magical compass and suddenly you’re no longer at outdoor camp but in an amazing place in the world – with Bear Grylls as your guide!
Road Trips, Camping Trips, Family Adventures – they are all wonderful, but getting there can be fun too – I promise!  Give them the road trip books for kids that they will LOVE, enjoy, and hey, maybe even learn something. (Ok, not the Mad Libs, but you get my point!)  If you are interested in road trip activities for adults, or other how to plan those amazing family vacations, we’ve got you covered as well!
Which one did you choose?  Do have some favorite books like you may like for your family road trip adventures?  I’d LOVE to hear them!

Adieu for now!

These Ultimate Road Trip Activities for Kids will make Thanksgiving and Christmas Road Trips to family amazing! Keep your kids happy and entertained as you drive with this Ultimate Guide to books, journals, and activities your kids will LOVE! #VanAdieu #StopWastingWeekends #RoadTrip #Christmas #Thanksgiving #Family #Kids #Holidays These Ultimate Road Trip Activities for Kids will make Thanksgiving and Christmas Road Trips to family amazing! Keep your kids happy and entertained as you drive with this Ultimate Guide to books, journals, and activities your kids will LOVE! #VanAdieu #StopWastingWeekends #RoadTrip #Christmas #Thanksgiving #Family #Kids #HolidaysThese Ultimate Road Trip Activities for Kids will make Thanksgiving and Christmas Road Trips to family amazing! Keep your kids happy and entertained as you drive with this Ultimate Guide to books, journals, and activities your kids will LOVE! #VanAdieu #StopWastingWeekends #RoadTrip #Christmas #Thanksgiving #Family #Kids #Holidays

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