Adventure Together: Books that Take you Places

It’s the bleak wintery season here in Minnesota—and let’s just say that it’s the time of year when books full of color and warmth seem to pull me in! Not only that, but it’s the time of year that I want to pack my bags and head somewhere warm and colorful.

Feel that too?

I find that although flying someplace is my top choice for actually going somewhere, books are the next best thing to actually being there. So, I’m sharing a few books that to pack along in your library bag when you feel the itch to “go” somewhere :)

Picture books:

This is How we do It by Matt Lamathe

Top of the World by Holly Hobbie

Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan

Pacho Nacho by Silvia Lopez

The Wheels on the Bus by Stella Blackstone

Renato and the Lion by Barbara DiLorenzo

National Parks of the USA by Kate Siber

This is Rome by Miroslav Sasek

The Runaway Wok by Ying Yang Composting

The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk by Kabir Sehgal

The Boy who Grew a Forest by Sophia Gholz

Home by Ellis Carson

The Umbrella by Jan Brett

Have an older kiddo who is interested in Chapter books? My boys have enjoyed the Campground kid series by C.R. Fulton or the The Mystery of the Missing Lion by Alexander McCall Smith. We have yet to read it, but Road Trip Return is on our list (especially since we just went to Guatemala).

Here are books that I’ve enjoyed reading. There are a lot more books on this list, but for the sake of keeping things simple, I’ve only included a few :)

Tea with Elephants by Robin Jones Gunn

A Ladies Guide to Marvels and Misadventures by Angela Bell

Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally Koval

Want to read:

I’ve Never Been Here Before by Ashley Campbell. After “traveling” along with her family during year of travel on Instagram, I can’t wait to read her book!

I hope that this list gives you a few suggestions for adding to your library list or family library. I know many of these stories have helped us see more of the world in pictures and words :)

What would you add to this list?