How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel: And Other Misadventures Traveling with Kids
Tales of travels begun with optimism and sometimes ending with vomiting, tears, or near- nervous breakdowns -- take your pick -- fill the new book "How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel," edited by Sarah Franklin (Seal Press, $15.95). Frankin tells of her own naiveté about travel with kids in the book's introduction: "My husband and I were that cliché of the 30-something childless couple, traveling here, there and everywhere, with just a copy of The New Yorker and the latest iPod as accessories. Trips we made from our home in Seattle include Alaska, Hawaii, England, Wales, California, New York and the foothills of the Canadian Rockies." Franklin and hubby would look at each other and say: "We can still do all this with the baby, you know. Yeah, we were that cliché, too." Their travels -- crossing the Atlantic four times with baby, Jonah -- inspired the collection of stories. --The Fresno Bee, May 12, 2008