On The Road: Fun Travel Games & Activities [Paperback]

George Shea (Author), Jeff Sinclair (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1998 | Age Level: 9 and up

The kids will have so much fun with this book, you'll never hear those dreaded words "Are we there yet?" When does a great trip begin? When you get in the car! If you have this jam-packed guide with you, you can have fun all along the way. Just see how fast the time passes when you're singing silly songs, stumbling over tongue twisters, telling jokes and riddles (What is a twip? A wide on a twain), and playing games. Write down all the information about your trip--who's along, how you're traveling, whether you're having a good time or not--so you can keep a log of the journey. Win a game of spotting cars, billboards, and other objects on the road. Play travel bingo. Name a car for every letter of the alphabet, and you're the winner! Do picture puzzles, solve rebuses to come up with some state capitals, and try to name 20 things wrong with a very nonsensical car. Make your way through a maze to help a family find its way home. All you need is a pencil. Wrap your tongue around some tongue twisters, and see who stumbles over the words first. Ever hear of a "hinkie pinkie"? It's a ridiculous two-word rhyme like "lucky ducky," and you'll have a riot coming up with them. Just draw a picture or tell everyone in the car the definition (What's an ape with lots of energy?), and wait for them to come up with the answer (a spunky monkey). 48 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 11.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; Revised edition (December 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806903163
• ISBN-13: 978-0806903163
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,979,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

George Shea is a children's writer and environmental journalist. His most
recent non-fiction book is a biography of Rachel Carson: "Rachel Carson, Founder of the Environmental Movement." He is currently writing a biography of global warming pioneer, Charles David Keeling (1928-2005) of Keeling Curve fame and sees a strong parallels between Keeling and Carson. "Rachel Carson woke the world up to the fact that the environment was vulnerable and could be damaged, even destroyed by human activity. Less than a decade later, Keeling accomplished the same thing relative to global warming with his measurements that showed the relentless growth of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."

He also enjoys writing about inventors. His "First Flight, the Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers, tells the true story of young Tom Tate, a Kitty Hawk boy who befriended Wilbur and Orville and became a 12 year old test pilot when the Wrights sent him up in their first experimental glider.

He lives in Studio City, California with his wife, Martha Stevens, a writer and professional storyteller. In 2009, George and Martha's play, "Seeds," a retelling of the myth of Persephone was read at Fordham Lincoln Center.