City Walks with Kids: London: 50 Adventures on Foot [Cards]

Emily Laurence Baker (Author), Steve Mack (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 2009 | Series: City Walks

Don't worry about finding a sitter—these adventures are designed especially for grown-ups and kids to discover London together!
Walks include:
• The Tower of London
• The British Museum
• Buckingham Palace
• Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

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About the Author

Emily Laurence Baker is a London-based freelance writer and mother of two. Her work has appeared in places such as the 'New York Times,' the 'Wall Street Journal Europe,' the 'Los Angeles Times,' 'The Guardian,' and 'The Telegraph.'

Product Details

• Cards: 50 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; Crds edition (March 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811864510
• ISBN-13: 978-0811864510
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > Travel > Europe > Great Britain > England
  • #29 in Books > Travel > Specialty Travel > Family Travel

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, Portable & Quick, March 23, 2011

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This review is from: City Walks with Kids: London: 50 Adventures on Foot (Paperback)

This was a wonderful way to explore London with kids. The tips they gave us at the different museums were perfect! We wouldn't have known about kid-guides, etc. at these places without these cards. Best part is we only took the cards that we were interested in. Very easy to pack. They are essentially the size of an index card. You just thrown the one you want to use in your back pocket & your good! LOVED this guide!!!! Will definitely buy for friends & family & for other places as we go!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh My Gosh, April 22, 2011

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This review is from: City Walks with Kids: London: 50 Adventures on Foot (Cards)

In a few weeks, we'll be making our third visit to London in 5 years. I've bought basically every book about "Take Your Kids To London", "England w/ Kids", "Things to do in London", etc, that's been published since 2004 (we'd hoped to visit earlier than we actually got there...and I have an amazon dependency problem...).

Last night, I started to read these cards. Just to acquaint myself w/ the info contained here. It's from 2009, after all. We were there the year before. What could be different?

After card 15, I was amazed. Of all the books, all the websites, all the experiences we've shared...these cards present them as simply, as starkly, more helpfully than any resource I've encountered before. I wish they'd been available for our earlier visits to London.

If you buy only one resource for taking kids to London, within the next year or two (assuming that things will alter significantly around/after the 2012 Olympics), I cannot recommend this one highly enough. I wish it had been available for our first trip, updated for subsequent trips; hope it'll be frequently updated in the future, and expanded to include all of the UK (like visiting Lyme Regis for fossil hunting - unforgettable!).

And if the authors/publishers keep this collection current, you will not need any other Kids/Family resource for visiting London. Cross-reference admission hours/cost, and places to stay, on the web, and you will be ready to go.