Backseat Books: Are We There Yet and Kids Road Atlas (Rand McNally, $3.95 each) Kids 8-12. Are We There Yet offers kids hours of games, puzzles, mazes, and coloring fun. Each activity has a travel or vacation theme, whether it takes kids to an aquarium, has them walking through a park, or follows a maze to get into the plane. Kids Road Atlas has games about every state. Kids can enjoy state-by-state puzzles while learning interesting facts about each state. The opening pages also features real road maps, so kids can highlight their route as they go.

Anne Marie Resnick

The Only Activity Book You'll Ever Need (Klutz, $12.95) Kids 6+
Whoever created this crazy kids book obviously had a sense of humor. With pages about windshield bugs to color, and instructions on how to draw The Great Chicken, how could they not? This sturdy book also contains simple puzzles, crafts and gags that mainly require punching perforated holes from the pages. It encourages children to create, scribble, and rip apart. Each page is a new surprise, and since there are 120 pages, it won't get old too quickly. Five crayons included. 

Jennifer Guterman

Jumbo Travel Activity Book (Beth L. Blair, Adam Media, $8.95) Kids 4-8.
Yes, another travel activity book to keep you busy on the road or in the air. Pages and pages of illustrations conceal more than hundreds of hidden objects, mazes, and other activities that kids can hunt down and solve. This puzzle book is sure to keep the fun moving along. Parents are sure to find themselves getting in on the fun.

Anne Marie Resnick

Which Way U.S.A.   (Highlights, $4.95) Kids 7+
Each book in this popular series features a different state, with 32 pages of challenging puzzles.  There are counting games, mazes, hidden pictures, word searches, matching games, scrambled words and quizzes, all having to do with the particular state. Additionally, each book comes with a poster-sized, colorful accurate map of the state, filled with fascinating facts and information to help complete the puzzles in the book. Besides being fun, the books help teach children about each state’s geography and key moments in history, complementing what they’re learning in school. Every five weeks, Highlights will send you two state sets, at $4.95 each (not including S & H). There is no minimum amount of state sets you have to buy, and you can cancel anytime. When you order your first "Which Way U.S.A." adventure, you’ll receive the California Puzzle Book and Map absolutely free!

Glove Compartment Games (A Klutz Real World Guide, $4.95) Kids 6-9.
These 12 accordion-fold, laminated pages offer tons of answers to that famous question, "Are we there yet?" There is a memory testing game, name that tune, and tongue twisters, plus questions such as "If you could be famous in something, what would it be?" or "What's the greatest invention that hasn't been invented?" All are activities you could have thought of yourself, but it is very handy to have it written down and tucked away -- ready when you need it most.

The Everything Kids Travel Activity Book
by Erik & Jeanne Hanson (Adams Media, 2002, $6.95) Kids 9-12.
This book is for older kids who enjoy reading in the car and don't suffer from motion sickness. There are occasional puzzles and pictures, but it's a wordy book that focuses more on ideas for round-the-family games and ways to learn about destinations. This includes everything from the most simple 'count the animals' game, to designing a billboard, to picking up a local newspaper en route. There are also read-alouds of classic stories and a section with descriptions of every U.S. state.

Jennifer Guterman  

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