In the fifth edition of their excellent guide book Travel With Children, the Lonely Planet team have come up with holiday ideas from toy shopping in Tokyo to riding ostriches in South Africa. They have assembled a global team of parent

Travelling in a strange city with children can be tricky. Thankfully, Urban Crayon City Guides are a new series of travel guides that can help. The first in the series offers a guided tour of the Paris. Dividing the city into 12 sections including

The September issue of Junior is on sale now, featuring our fabulous guide to green living, savvy ways to win favour with your child's teacher, the funkiest lunch ideas, beautiful fashion photography, plus much more.Pick your copy of Junior from

Jolly Phonics Jolly Readers, Jolly Learning Books, £18.60 for 18 Inky Mouse and her friends Snake and Bee guide your child through simple adventures. These 72 books have a general fiction strand, featuring folk from fairytales, like the Three Billy

’s cool to make do and mend all over again. According to John Lewis, sales of sewing machines are up by 46 per cent since last year; and there are lots of helpful books that are packed with tips galore on reinforcing and lengthening children’s clothes

. From £1,899 per adult and £1,519 per child under 12.Visit www.onthegotours.comYou may also be interested in reading Junior's guide to a desert adventure for more holiday ideas that will excite keen explorers.

Visit Cuba before it becomes just another holiday destination. The Adventure Company has early booking discounts and half-price child places on holidays, such as the Viva Cuba 12-day family tour which includes Havana and the Bay of Pigs. A discount

, tents, cool music and family enterainments beckon fun-loving clans to the UK's summer festivals – check out what's going down and when with our canny guide to The Best Family Festivals 2011.Or embark on some amusing activities of your own making with our

creepy-crawly looking for a little R&R.Taken from This Book Totally Makes Stuff Grow (Walker, £5.99), which features famous friends Maggie, Rose, Oscar and dog Bentley, too, this step-by-step guide shows your child how to make her own bug hotel

to book rail journeys and how to get the best fares.Travelling by train from the UK to European ski resorts is comfortable and stress-free – and children under four travel free. Some resorts can be reached directly from London without a change of train