The Cool Parent's Guide to All of New York: Excursion and Activities in and Around Our City That Your Children Will Love and You Won't Think Are Too B

By Alfred Gingold and Helen Rogan

Book Overview

There are a lot of things for kids to do in the big city, but their parents often don t enjoy the crowds, expenses, and hassles that go with them. The Cool Parents Guide to All of New York goes beyond... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789316870
• ISBN13: 9780789316875
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Good and up-to-date

This is a decent guide for parents in NYC, though mostly of children who aren't napping in the middle of the day anymore. I liked the portion where they list little excursions you can do with your kids that don't take all day (i.e. would take maybe a few hours). Good representation of all 5 boroughs, something you don't see in a lot of these (most tend to be Manhattan-centric). There's definitely something in here for everyone. I discovered a number of things that look really interesting and different (e.g. you can go down a manhole in the middle of a Brooklyn NY street to see old train tunnels) - b/c they're right - who wants to keep taking kids to museums all the time? You get about an hour in, if you're lucky, before boredom arrives. The other thing I liked was that the guide is up-to-date - sometimes these guides aren't. This one even listed a Trader Joe's in Brooklyn that's not open yet, but coming soon.