Publisher's Synopsis
Explore over 60 of the world's most amazing cities with this activity book for urban explorers. Fill in New York's famous skyline, design a Mexican wrestling mask, find the difference between Viennese dancing horses, and add your own mural to a Melbourne graffiti wall.
Start your tour by decorating a totem pole in Vancouver, Canada, and then travel around the world before finding and drawing the world's fastest fish-the black marlin-found near Apia, the capital city of Samoa.
With its colorful illustrations, photos and facts about each city, plus over 250 stickers, The Cities Activity Book plunges readers into a world full of amazing places and cultures.
Activities include:
- Counting the number of windows on the White House in Washington DC
- Creating the famous Hollywood sign on the hills overlooking Los Angeles
- Striking up a conversation with a local in Jamaica
- Completing the colorful costumes of Carnival goers in Rio de Janeiro
- Spotting the difference between llamas in Cuzco
- Adding pirate ships and hoards of gold to Cartagena's old port
- Drawing a puffin from Iceland
- Filling in the famous sights along London's River Thames
- Joining the dots to complete the enormous Eiffel Tower in Paris
- Matching the aardvark to its yummy termite nest in Timbuktu
- Creating your own colorful matatu minibus in Nairobi
- Building the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai
- Finding your way through the maze of Beijing's ancient Forbidden City
- Counting the commuters in Tokyo's super-busy metro system
- Completing the outfits of Maoris doing a traditional dance
Other books in the series:
The Travel Activity Book
About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids-an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet-published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!
