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Let’s Take the Kids! REVISED AND UPDATED

Great Places to Go in New York’s Hudson Valley

Joanne Michaels

Including the Catskills, the Capital Region, the Adirondacks, Lake George, the Berkshires, and Cooperstown

Author, editor, and TV host Joanne Michaels, a longtime resident of the Hudson Valley, brings families with young kids a wealth of opportunities to have fun and explore this playground so near to New York City as well as dozens of attractions upstate and in the Berkshires. From picnic spots to cruises, Joanne finds activities that kids love and parents can enjoy.

So the next time your brood screams “We’re bored!” grab Let’s Take the Kids! and find something to do that will delight, educate, fascinate, and entertain them.

 

  • Educational sites, including parks, kid-friendly museums, historic sites, and nature centers
  • Wintertime fun
  • Many seasonal opportunities, like pick- your-own fruits and veggies
  • Hiking, biking, zoos, and much, much more
  • Family resorts
Joanne Michaels is the author of The Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Explorer’s Guide, Hudson River Journey, Adirondack High, and Hudson River Valley Farms as well as a former editor of Hudson Valley magazine.



April 2011

$18.95 (Can. $23.50) | paperback | 978-0-88150-938-0 | 6x9 | 320 pp



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