Scavenger Guides Chicago: An Interactive Travel Guide For Kids - Softcover

Ireland, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984586601 ISBN 13: 9780984586608

Publisher: Three Leaf Press, 2010

Synopsis

The only interactive travel guides made just for kids!
Kids love an adventure, and there's no better place to have one than Chicago! Scavenger Guides Chicago will immerse your child in a fun, fact-filled scavenger hunt around the Windy City. It is designed to engage your child in their travels and enhance their observational skills. Your child will discover Chicago while having fun following clues, completing tasks, and collecting awards - certificates included! Each guide also includes a daily travel journal and tips for taking great photos to help your child preserve their vacation memories.

Follow the clues to discover historical and cultural sites around the city.
Take a ride on the fastest elevators in North America. Find a plaque on a bridge honoring the first white men to pass through the Chicago River. Stand in a glass box at the top of Willis Tower and look through the floor to the street 1,353 feet below. These are only a few of the many challenges awaiting you on your scavenger hunt around Chicago! Collect points as you follow the clues and complete tasks scattered around the city. Can you become a Scavenger Guides World Explorer?

Your interactive travel guide includes:

• Over 90 clues to locations, items, and experiences to discover around Chicago.
• Interesting facts about famous Chicago locations and landmarks.
• Award certificates for completing the adventure.
• A daily travel journal for recording your thoughts and observations.
• Tips for taking great vacation photos.

At Scavenger Guides we have one goal - to instill the love of discovery and learning in your child through travel. Make your next family vacation an adventure, with Scavenger Guides!

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel Ireland is an author, designer, and compulsive traveler. Originally hailing from Wisconsin, Daniel grew up in west Michigan and is a graduate of both the University of Michigan (B.A.) and Grand Valley State University (M.Ed.). He worked for 19 years in public education as a classroom teacher, administrator, and consultant before turning his attention to design and publishing.

Review:

"These guides help turn family vacations into fun, fact-finding missions. The series encourages exploration with clues that point kids to specific locales and experiences." » M. Sanati, Travel Gear: Guides and maps to help kids explore, The Globe & Mail - Canada's largest national newspaper

"When travelling, kids don't want to see things, they want to do things. Scavenger Guides Chicago addresses that need by offering a guidebook designed and written for kids." » PeterH, Amazon reviewer

About this edition

• Publisher: Three Leaf Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0984586601
• ISBN 13: 9780984586608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130