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101 Places You Gotta See Before You're 12
There is an amazing world out there to discover, and everything you need to start exploring is right here. You don't have to go far or plan a big, expensive vacation to see great stuff. In fact, some of the greatest places may be right around the corner. You can experience another culture's cuisine at a nearby ethnic restaurant, check out the hidden wonders of a cave, or get the inside scoop on what really happens in the teacher's lounge! The 101 ideas are general enough to get you started, but you choose your own destinations.
This tour guide is filled with more than 250 color photos, tons of fun facts, lists of popular and little-known sites, journal pages, and a souvenir pocket. There's also a bonus fold-out map of North America and 150 stickers, so you can mark and rate where you want to go and where you've been. Now it's up to you--set off on your own exciting adventures!
This tour guide is filled with more than 250 color photos, tons of fun facts, lists of popular and little-known sites, journal pages, and a souvenir pocket. There's also a bonus fold-out map of North America and 150 stickers, so you can mark and rate where you want to go and where you've been. Now it's up to you--set off on your own exciting adventures!
144 pages, Paperback
First published September 28, 2006
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August 24, 2010
Easy to read & nice pictures.
Places you could get to close by and on a weekend trip.
Bought this for my 2nd daughter when she was 11, now she has passed it on to my son (he will be 11 this week). He quickly read through most of it and pulled the stickers out to mark the places we've been to.
Places you could get to close by and on a weekend trip.
Bought this for my 2nd daughter when she was 11, now she has passed it on to my son (he will be 11 this week). He quickly read through most of it and pulled the stickers out to mark the places we've been to.
September 23, 2015
Although I didn't get to I would have loved to go to all these places parents seriously try and get your kids to some of these places before they're 12!
March 27, 2019
Realistic ideas for trips and things to see. A little dated in some ways (“check your yellow pages”), but overall pretty good. Many people can find a variation of each thing on this list within proximity to their location.
April 12, 2022
A fun, dreamy read, for children and adults alike.
March 15, 2021
Excellent book for a birthday gift!
July 16, 2013
LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!
Most books like this want you to go see specific places that most likely will cost you an arm and a leg to get there. Not so this one. i.e. first thing on the list is to see A LIGHTHOUSE. Not the most famous one, or the tallest one, or the prettiest one - No, the one you're coming across on your next trip, or the one just a half an hour away from home. Well, you get it.
Other examples:
a place where they make cool stuff = a factory or a little shop where something neat is being made. Could be a huge motorcycle factory or a little glass blowing shop.
a working farm
the house where your parents grew up
the teachers' lounge
...
My plan is to make a scrap book (and I usually make photo albums, but this one is making me want to do scrap booking for my kids) with a few pics from each place. I'd like to do one page per place. Add a little note that one of the kids said or wrote, keep tickets, and so on. I can picture it and this makes me excited. I am starting to plan family outings around places that are mentioned in the book.
:-)
Most books like this want you to go see specific places that most likely will cost you an arm and a leg to get there. Not so this one. i.e. first thing on the list is to see A LIGHTHOUSE. Not the most famous one, or the tallest one, or the prettiest one - No, the one you're coming across on your next trip, or the one just a half an hour away from home. Well, you get it.
Other examples:
a place where they make cool stuff = a factory or a little shop where something neat is being made. Could be a huge motorcycle factory or a little glass blowing shop.
a working farm
the house where your parents grew up
the teachers' lounge
...
My plan is to make a scrap book (and I usually make photo albums, but this one is making me want to do scrap booking for my kids) with a few pics from each place. I'd like to do one page per place. Add a little note that one of the kids said or wrote, keep tickets, and so on. I can picture it and this makes me excited. I am starting to plan family outings around places that are mentioned in the book.
:-)
July 22, 2008
I bought this for my daughter when she was 12, and we've had so much fun looking through it over and over, for all the fun places to go. You really dont have to travel far to do most of them. There are terrific photos, and I love the reference in the back with web addresses and info. on places to go. I plan to purchase several more as gifts for nieces/nephews!
I use it as a sort of "bucket list" for myself as well!
I use it as a sort of "bucket list" for myself as well!
January 3, 2013
A good idea for the adventurous and the not-so-adventurous. Instead of specific places to go that may be out of reach for many families, this book provides ideas of places to investigate. While the author provides suggestions, you can be creative and make a scavenger hunt in your own community. The lack of s place to record your trips and the few stickers this book comes with makes this one to look for in a library or used book store.
January 1, 2008
We are starting this in 2008 with our boys. It has places like a lighthouse, an atrist's studio, a Space Place, etc. Things that you mostly can see close to home and some you may have to travel to see. Lots of fun looking through it and seeing at what we have already seen as a family - and making plans for our future!
June 11, 2013
This is a great book. My children created a wish list and picked out which activities they wanted to do. We homeschool, so we used it as a field trip guide. It's full of great ideas with links or information about how to find these places. The stickers and pictures make it child-friendly. Having a space to write about adventures is nice, too.
November 24, 2008
This book is only 9.99 and worth it. So cute and realistic with ideas like "a factory" "a national park" instead of others that say walk great wall, not too realistic for a kid, but these are so fun with room for journaling their experiences. I highly recommend this to any parent.
December 27, 2010
this was OK. It gave us lost of ideas. It stays general in it's approach which is good because it makes the places accessible to more people, but it's lack of specificity also make the places seem obvious. This book is a good idea generator and could help if you are in a rut with ideas
April 17, 2008
Serves as a helpful reminder of all the neat/fun places to visit. Has some unorthodox suggestions which were refreshingly interesting and low or no cost.
June 26, 2008
Check! Next...to tackle 1000 Places to See Before You Die.
August 7, 2008
If you have kids, this is a fun book to help guide your weekend and/or summer plans -- Full of great suggestions and enjoyable for the entire family!
September 15, 2008
This book is great fun! You can check off the places you've been and it is fun to plan family outtings based on places you haven't seen.
February 6, 2010
OK. Some interesting ideas but not worth buying.
June 17, 2013
G got this as a birthday present and it is awesome!!!! We're already making plans to visit a lighthouse in San Diego!
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