While on a trip to a conference in Seattle, I found this book:
Salt & Pepper at the Pike Place Market includes many of the sights from the market and manages to capture the bustling, busy feel.
While on a trip with my husband to Banff, Canada, we kept stumbling upon these fantastic little stacks of rocks along hikes and in public gardens:
We even made one ourselves at the top of Tunnel Mountain:
We discovered that these rock structures were traditionally built by the Inuit people to serve as messengers. I finally found this children's book that contains information on the origin and purpose of inuksuit (plural form of inuksut) and instructions on how to create your own inuksut. This is a great souvenir from our trip that we could share with our daughters:
The next time you go on a trip, search out some uniquely regional children's literature to bring home!
