Here's a book about Paris that's seriously streetwise! Let Marco and Amelia, our Lonely Planet explorers, take you off the tourist trail and guide you on a journey through Paris you'll never forget. This book is perfect for anyone who has been to Paris, plans to go there or is just interested in finding out more about this amazing city!

Discover Paris's best-kept secrets, amazing stories and loads of other cool stuff from the comfort of your own home, or while out and about in the city.

Find out where you can ride a dodo, how to paint the Eiffel Tower, where Paris keeps its historic underpants and lots more! For ages 8 and up.

Contents:

• Expect the Unexpected
• In, On and Over The Water
• Paris by the Nose
• City Shapes
• The World's Smoochiest City?
• Off With Their Heads
• Up With The Emperor
• Sporty Paris
• Paris on a Plate
• Rumblings Under the Streets
• Paris, C'est Chic
• Paris on the Prowl
• It Happened First in Paris
• Paris by Paintbrush
• Cops and Robbers
• Ghostly, Grim and Grisly
• Paris Magic
• Rats, Cats and a Hunchback
• Paris After Dark

Also available: London City Trails, New York City Trails.

About Lonely Planet Kids: From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. With a range of beautiful books for children aged 5-12, we're kickstarting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet can be.

From bright and bold sticker activity books, to beautiful gift titles bursting at the seams with amazing facts, we aim to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and love of the world, our sense of humour and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the diverse and magnificent place it is.

It's going to be a big adventure - come explore!

This book features in the following series: City Trails, Lonely Planet Kids .

There are 104 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2016 by Lonely Planet Publications .

Helen Greathead is a highly experienced creator, editor, project manager and writer of successful non-fiction titles and series. She spent 14 years at Scholastic Children's Books where she commissioned series, including Horrible Histories. She began a freelance career in 2003, and titles she has written include the Now You Know series (Scholastic) and the Design and Make series (Watts). Jennifer Liberts grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Agoura, California. She has a BA in English Literature from California State University, and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. She has worked as a children's book editor, an English teacher, and an independent bookseller. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her three book-loving children, and an orange cat named Chuck. Dynamo Limited is a creative team specializing in children's brands with a focus on products, games, and publishing. The team assists on all stages of production, including development, animation, presentations, and marketing material. Moira Butterfield is an experienced children's non-fiction author, with more than 100 books to her credit.