

Madeline(and Madeline in London and Madeline in America!), by Ludwig Bemelmans I bought this book for my daughter long before we moved to Sicily just because we loved it, but reading it right before our Paris trip was fun because we knew we’d be seeing the sights in person soon enough! A good pick for piquing your kids’ interest in visiting France and - if you go with one of the sequels - London or America.Īt the time of this writing, Madeline is available at Amazon in hardback for $13.66 or paperback for $8.94Ĥ. I recently discovered there was a Busy, Busy World edition and promptly bought it for my kids, and all three of of us love! The great thing about these books is there are so many pictures that each time you read you notice something new.Īt the time of this writing, Busy, Busy World is available on Amazon for $13.12.ģ. These are the books of my childhood I remember very specifically reading What Do People Do All Day? over and over at my grandpa’s house growing up and I was so touched when my mom gave me a copy when I was pregnant with my son. The Snail and the Whale is available at Amazon for $15.19 as a hardcover and $6.99 as paperback at the time of this article.Ģ. Told through the eyes of a snail who wants to see the world, it will certainly help inspire your children to do the same! The Snail and the Whale, by Julia Donaldson. This books is more about travel generally than any particular place specifically, but it is so lovely and soothing that it had to make the list. So, today I thought I’d share our best recommendations of books to inspire children to see the world: preschooler and toddler edition.ġ.

Some of these are playful, some of them are gorgeous and all of them are just make you want to see the world.

Naturally, then, if you glance through our library of kids’ books, you’ll notice an awful lot of them have to do with children who want to see the world.

These are also the two things that I’m so hopeful we’ll inspire our children to love as much as we do. I suppose it is because it combines two of my favorite things: books and travel. There are a lot of inspiring travel quotes out there, but this one is one of my favorites. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” -Saint Augustine. 7 Books to inspire children to travel the world
