Los Angeles by Stroller (A City By Stroller Guide) (Paperback)
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Los Angeles has some of the best cultural attractions in the United States: the Getty Museum, the Hollywood Bowl, the La Brea Tar Pits, Chinatown, and many more. There are any number of guidebooks to help you find each and every one.
But what if you’re the parent of one or more stroller-bound preschoolers? How are you supposed to find out answers to the really important questions: Will my stroller fit through the door? Will the place be so boring my kids will scream and want to leave? Will I have to leave early because of some unforeseen scary noise?
Parents of young children now have a guidebook especially for them. In LOS ANGELES BY STROLLER, Shelley-Anne Wooderson takes you to more than one hundred venues and gives you the nitty gritty on each one. Sure, the Getty Museum is one of the best museums in the world, but it’s definitely not kid-friendly. And the Hollywood Bowl even has shows for kids, but if you don’t book early, you’ll never get tickets. And just try riding the shuttle bus with a cranky and restless toddler.
This lighthearted guide filled with humorous asides about the author’s own experiences will be enjoyable to any parent of small children. On visiting Avila Adobe, the oldest structure in Los Angeles, the author writes: “My four-year-old made me go back through the house a second time, but even after two visits I’m not sure she believed me when I told her that kids back then only had one doll.”
The author has done all of the work for the reader. In addition to hours and admission prices, she even rates the locations on their child-friendliness and gives helpful tips for each one to make trips with toddlers and preschoolers easier.
About the Author
SHELLEY-ANNE WOODERSON had lived in twenty different houses and moved to a new country seven times before the age of thirty. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
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Los Angeles by Stroller
I purchased this for my daughter who has a 7 month old son. She was happy to get this because it is helpful in knowing which attractions are the best for taking a young child…
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“Toddler Guide Bible”
I’m expecting twins this fall & although the information in this book will serve me well in a couple of years, it’s less directed for pre-toddler stroller activities.
Living in Los Angeles, I have always had out of town guests that have wanted me to show them the sites. It was easy before my sister visited with her three children. I was at a loss of where to take them. Toddlers are not the night club crowd. I searched book stores everywhere and found a handful of travel guides with single chapters on “things to do with kids in Los Angeles”. Despite the lack of info, we still managed to show my neice and nephews a good time.
A couple of years later and I had my own toddler. Thinking back to the difficulty that I had with my sister’s kids, I went back to the bookstore hoping that there were better books out there. I found a lot. But out of all the new titles, Los Angeles by Stroller was absolutely the best.
This book is wonderful, whether you call Los Angeles your home, or whether your visiting for only a few days, Shelley-Anne’s “five strollor” grading scale makes it extremely easy to find the type of outing you want. The best part about it is that she has already done all the work for you, and I have agreed with her every single time.
You can search outings alphabetically, by category or type of outing, or by area of Los Angeles County. The only thing that I would add is a the ability to search by grading scale. For quick reference I have gone into the index and penned in how many strollers, (0-5) she graded each place. This has made if very easy for me to try to take my son to all the places Shelley-Anne thinks are “the best.”
I love this book, I recommend it to everyone with a stroller.
This book goes beyond the hype most other gudieboks engage in. It is a practical, insightful book for anyone, parent, nanny or auntie, who gets out and about with small children.
Brutally honest and highly effective, it tells you exactly what you need to know and not a bunch of hype. Easy to use and read, it’s also a fun read with biting satire and good old common sense.
This is an up-to-date, concise, bitingly humourous, and thorough L.A. guide for anyone with kids. The L.A. Zoo piece was hysterical and while I didn’t agree with the Getty center piece (I loved it with my 3 year old daughter) the book is very helpful for all los angelian residents and visitors with kids in the stroller years. Highly recommeneded!