Travel with Children - European Atlas for Kids

I am looking for a paper-based atlas book that my kid could use to track our travels during an upcoming Europe trip. Basically, we have a mix of planes, trains, and metros. And in this forum, it is the travel to get there which can be most interesting.

Ideally, it would have one or more maps of each of the countries with maybe either showing major highways or railroad routes. Pictures along the side or separate section with of major sites (duomo, canals, Eiffle Tower, Big Ben, etc.) that would sort of be like a pictorial passport would be even better. My kid could make notes or mark them as desired when seen in real-life and such. I think it could help answer the "are we there yet" or "where are we" question in some respects.

I have searched online a bit, but many of these books are getting out of print. I can easily get them used, but cannot easily see inside them for previews unlike newer books. Thankfully, not too much border changes nor site recently in Europe, so an out of print used book would be fine too. I think if I found one focused on Europe (EU-Schengen-UK), it would be more compact and/or a bit more detail than a global world one.

Thank you,
Rasheed

I don't know of any book such as this. Why not do a fun project with your child and make the book yourself? Find photos, transportation schedules, maps, etc. online and cut and paste them in a word processing program. Then you can design it using the countries you will visit. You could even take the finished project to FedEx Office or another office store and have it spiral bound for a small cost, or put in your own binder. Leave blank pages to put in your own photos and other souvenirs, such as train tickets, menus, etc. This would be a great keepsake.

This is a good idea. I will need to see if I can try this out. The printing/binding part is probably easy for me. Making it stylistically nice, well, a bit more involved.

Just to mention, there are a few other creations out there people have done including a small Kids Go Europe series (a few city books). Lots of good websites of course, but I am trying to do something not so tablet-electronic oriented.

Rasheed

Hi Rasheed,
Yes, you should do it yourself (if you have that kind of time). What a good idea. Although a little different than what you are talking about, I bought the Lonely Planet "Not for Parents" series for my nieces who are going to Europe this summer. They are for children 8-12 but I thought I would try them on my kids who are only 4 and 7 when I go to Paris this summer along with another favorite of mine for younger kids "This is Paris".

http://www.pintsizepilot.com/2012/03/28/not-for-parents-lonely-planet-travel-books-for-older-kids/
http://www.pintsizepilot.com/2012/03/28/retro-kids-travel-books/