You don't need to travel to get a taste for adventure. Books can be a great source of inspiration, information and practical advice about adventurous travel. And all from the comfort of your armchair. We're compiling a selection of books that we know will be of interest to families in search of adventure.

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Our recommended books for family adventurer's

Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and a Journey to the Ends of the Earth. Daniel Glick. Public Affairs Ltd.	One Year Off: Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-world Journey with Our Children. David Elliott Cohen. Travellers' Tales	Family Travel - The Farther You Go; the Closer You Get. Edited by Laura Manske. Traveller's Tales
Into the Light: A Family's Epic Journey. Dave and Jaja Martin. Beowulf Press.	Sailing Around The World: A Family Retraces Joshua Slocum's Voyage. Guy Bernadin , Sheridan House	The Seven Year Hitch: A Family Odyssey. David Grant, Pocket Books
Scraping Heaven: A Family's Journey along the Continental Divide. Cindy Ross. McGraw Hill Education	Just Cruising: A Family Travels the World. Europe to Australia. Liza Copeland. Romany.	Still Cruising: A Family Travels the World. Australia to Africa, Asia and America. Liza Copeland. Romany
	Together Alone - Escaping to a life in paradise. Ron Falconer. Bantam.
Travelling - Take the Kids - Survive and Enjoy. Helen Truskowska. Cadogan Guides	Adventuring with Children. : An Inspirational Guide to World Travel and the Outdoors. Nan Jeffrey. Avalon House	Lonely Planet: Travel with Children. Maureen Wheeler, Edited by Cathy Lanigan. Lonely Planet Publications
Your Childs Health Abroad - A Manual for Travelling Parents. Dr Jane Wilson-Howarth Dr Matthew Ellis. Globe Pequot, Bradt	The Royal Geographic Society Expedition Handbook. Edited by Shane Winser. Profile Books	Expedition Medicine - RGS Essential for travellers going anywhere remote or challenging. Edited by David Warrell and Sarah Anderson. Profile Books
Are We Nearly There - The Complete Guide to Travelling with Babies, Toddlers and Children. Samantha Gore-Lyons. Virgin Publishing	Have Toddler Will Travel - The Complete Survival Guide for Holidays at Home and Abroad. Sarah Tucker. Hodder Mobius	Travelling Abroad with Children. Sam Gore-Lyons. Arrow

Links to stories already published on the world wide web. Links will take you directly to other sites and pages with stories about family adventure.

Stories and articles families have written for us about their adventure experiences, in their own words, reproduced here with permission.

Our own stories from the road, written while on tour before children and as the family has grown.