Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children
Becoming a parent need to not put an end to wanderlust. That’s the message in Kidding Around, the latest in Bradt’s acclaimed series of travel writing anthologies. Contributors include Dervla Murphy, National Geographic Traveller Editorial  Director Maria Pieri and nature writers Amy-Jane Beer and Nicola Chester.

The 36 stories – and one poem – cover potentially life-threatening situations, confessions of inept parenting and celebrations of derring-do. There’s plenty of adventurous travel, from trekking with toddlers in the Himalayas to sailing en famille across the Atlantic Ocean and the first circumnavigation of Mauritius by bicycle. Read how one mother threatens to dump her baby on jobsworth airport officials, how a father inadvertently takes his daughters to a brothel, and how one family turned up six hours early for a flight... and still managed to miss it. Join families paddling with crocodiles and getting their jeep stuck on a beach as the tide is coming in, or eleven-month-old Rory as he eats alongside marine iguanas and three-year-old Quin who befriends a family of cockroaches. 

At times comical, hair-raising or just plain fun, there are also magical moments with wild creatures or in wild places. Kidding Around is a captivating read (or ideal gift) for anyone who has ever travelled with children, or wondered what it must be like to head out into the unknown with little ones in tow.
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Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children
Becoming a parent need to not put an end to wanderlust. That’s the message in Kidding Around, the latest in Bradt’s acclaimed series of travel writing anthologies. Contributors include Dervla Murphy, National Geographic Traveller Editorial  Director Maria Pieri and nature writers Amy-Jane Beer and Nicola Chester.

The 36 stories – and one poem – cover potentially life-threatening situations, confessions of inept parenting and celebrations of derring-do. There’s plenty of adventurous travel, from trekking with toddlers in the Himalayas to sailing en famille across the Atlantic Ocean and the first circumnavigation of Mauritius by bicycle. Read how one mother threatens to dump her baby on jobsworth airport officials, how a father inadvertently takes his daughters to a brothel, and how one family turned up six hours early for a flight... and still managed to miss it. Join families paddling with crocodiles and getting their jeep stuck on a beach as the tide is coming in, or eleven-month-old Rory as he eats alongside marine iguanas and three-year-old Quin who befriends a family of cockroaches. 

At times comical, hair-raising or just plain fun, there are also magical moments with wild creatures or in wild places. Kidding Around is a captivating read (or ideal gift) for anyone who has ever travelled with children, or wondered what it must be like to head out into the unknown with little ones in tow.
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Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children

Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children

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Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children

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Becoming a parent need to not put an end to wanderlust. That’s the message in Kidding Around, the latest in Bradt’s acclaimed series of travel writing anthologies. Contributors include Dervla Murphy, National Geographic Traveller Editorial  Director Maria Pieri and nature writers Amy-Jane Beer and Nicola Chester.

The 36 stories – and one poem – cover potentially life-threatening situations, confessions of inept parenting and celebrations of derring-do. There’s plenty of adventurous travel, from trekking with toddlers in the Himalayas to sailing en famille across the Atlantic Ocean and the first circumnavigation of Mauritius by bicycle. Read how one mother threatens to dump her baby on jobsworth airport officials, how a father inadvertently takes his daughters to a brothel, and how one family turned up six hours early for a flight... and still managed to miss it. Join families paddling with crocodiles and getting their jeep stuck on a beach as the tide is coming in, or eleven-month-old Rory as he eats alongside marine iguanas and three-year-old Quin who befriends a family of cockroaches. 

At times comical, hair-raising or just plain fun, there are also magical moments with wild creatures or in wild places. Kidding Around is a captivating read (or ideal gift) for anyone who has ever travelled with children, or wondered what it must be like to head out into the unknown with little ones in tow.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781784771058
Publisher: Bradt/Sawday/Wh
Publication date: 02/07/2020
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Compiled from tales written by 37 different authors, this anthology has been edited by seasoned travellers Hilary Bradt, founder of Bradt Travel Guides, author of many guides and narratives, and editor of Bradt’s previous anthologies, and James Lowen, wildlife photographer and writer who has travelled widely to share wildlife-watching experiences with his daughter, whether climbing Spanish mountains in pursuit of chamois, scouring Atlantic waves for the fins of whales or catching viperine snakes in Portugal. 

Table of Contents

Foreword Dervla Murphy

Introduction Adrian Phillips

HIKES, HILLS AND WHEELS

Bedtime Stories in Little Tibet Dervla Murphy 

David’s First Glimpse of Eternal Snows Jane Wilson-Howarth 

Taking the Teen for a Walk Jude Marwa 

Harriet’s First Trek Matthew Ellis 

Cycling in Mauritius Hallam and Carole Murray 

SCRAPES AND MISHAPS

Early Birds Adrian Phillips 

The Husky Ride Maria Pieri 

The Night I Took My Daughters to a Filipino Brothel Hugh Brune 

The Best Medicine Vernon Lacey 

Returning Elizabeth Pimm 

Using Basketball Skills in a Chinese Hospital Lori Green LeRoy 

Fall in Mexico Astrid Vinje 

A Wild Bus Journey Across Borneo Sophie Beesley 

WATERWORLDS

Adjusting to Life at Sea Caspar and Nichola Craven

The Voyage to Wild Cat Island Amy-Jane Beer 

River Journey Jonathan Lorie 

Bali Ginny Whitelaw 

CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

Back to our Roots George Bernard Shaw 

A Winter in Menorca Kirsty Fergusson 

Bulgarian Lessons Jonathan Campion 

The Castle of Misadventure Mairi McCurdy

Being Explorers, Having an Adventure... and Going to School Celia Dillow 

Chinese Blessings Marie Noonan 

NATURES VS NURTURE

Fun and Games Drive Mike Unwin 

Travel from the Doorstep Nicola Chester 

Encounters with the Galápagos Jane Vincent-Havelka 

Wild, Wet and Wondrous Amanda Vincent

The Trip to Bunny Island Suzanne Kamata 

James’s first night camping David Lowen 

THE ROAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT

Travels with my Teen: Edinburgh Theresa Sainsbury 

Looking Up Dom Tulett 

Travelling, Differently Penny Wincer 

Thomas and the Great Japanese Farewell Marie Kreft 

How to Lose Weight on Vacation Jen Dowd

Next Stop, Camping Lydia Unsworth

The Faraway Family Tree Kirstie Pelling 
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