Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Travel

The O'Malleys are off to the beach But it's a long, hot, boring drive. What can Eric, Bridget, and Nell do to keep busy? Play tally games, of course -- counting up all the gray cars or green T-shirts they see. Whoever has the most marks at the end wins the game.

Eric wins the first game. Bridget wins the second. It seems like poor Nell will never win a game But Nell has the luck of the Irish on her side, and a surprise in store for her big brother and sister.

On the surface, "Prelude to Tomorrow" is atravel memoir, a reflection upon Paul Hudson'strips around the world during summer breaksfrom college. But he quickly reveals a deeperfocus, not just on America, Africa, and Europe, but on friendship, youth, and the search forone's identity and path in life.

Hudson guides us through his rewardingadventures:...

Are you interested in Yellowstone or planning a trip to the park? If so, you'll love "Yellowstone National Park for Kids, Preteens, and Teenagers." Inside this detailed travel guide geared toward children, you'll learn all you need to know about America's first national park. For example, did you know that:

Yellowstone was discovered by John Colter in the early 1800s but for over fifty years, most Americans did not believe the reports of steaming hot springs and bubbling mudpots?
Yellowstone is one of the world s biggest active volcanoes? The hot underground magma is what causes...

The 100-page collection of travel writing is non-fiction and unuique. There are first-hand narratives of hitchhiking alone through East Africa, of voyages with untested crews across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, of storms, knife and shark attacks, robberies and wrecks. Aside from travel writing, they are fiction. - Juvenilia is by definition a retrospective of someone's early work, to discern not so much quality as direction. This writing is not meant to impress, but it is hoped that teens today might empathize with some of the anger, the questioning of authority, and the rebelliousness...