This week, I asked Cot­tage Life asso­ciate edi­tor and blog­ger for Cot­tage Kids, Liann Bobechko, to sug­gest some great books for kids and parents.

Kids Travel: a Back­seat Sur­vival Kit from Klutz

Her sug­ges­tion for kids, is the Kids Travel book that is filled with things to do on the long dri­ves to the cot­tage. It makes for a way more inter­est­ing and fun ride than sim­ply turn­ing on a DVD

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

For teens, Liann sug­gests The Hunger Games series, a sci-​​fi series set in a future where North Amer­ica no longer exists. In this new world, teens are forced to com­pete in a tele­vised sur­vival game that are played to the death. This series has gar­nered a lot of excite­ment since it was first released and even adults are read­ing it with enthu­si­asm. The final book in the series just came out and I think that the mid­night release par­ties say some­thing to the love of these books.

The Green Hour by Todd Christopher

The first title sug­gested for par­ents is The Green Hour, which instructs par­ents to give their chil­dren at least one hour of time in nature a day. Christo­pher gives par­ents ideas for out­door activ­i­ties and projects that the whole fam­ily can par­tic­i­pate in and enjoy.

Last Child in the Woods: Sav­ing Our Chil­dren from Nature Deficit Dis­or­der by Richard Louv

In this book, Louv makes an argu­ment for the return to nature. At its most basic, Last Child in the Woods explains how sooth­ing and ben­e­fi­cial the envi­ron­ment can be.

NutureShock by Po Bron­son and Ash­ley Merryman

Child rear­ing meets sci­en­tific stud­ies in NutureShock. Dif­fer­ent stages of devel­op­ment are stud­ied while the authors speak with dif­fer­ent author­i­ties on ways to raise happy, healthy, and pos­i­tive children.

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