My Frankfurt am Main - City Guide for Children

Frankfurt is generally considered to be quite a child-friendly city. There are numerous offers specifically aimed at little Frankfurters, institutions, playgrounds, concerts, a children's museum and much more. There are also a number of publications that give parents tips on such offers and focus on Frankfurt for children. But until now, such books have only been available for parents. Unlike in many other large cities, Frankfurt has not had a city guide specifically for children until now. But that is finally changing with "Mein Frankfurt am Main" by Bettina Tenge-Lyazami and Leonore Poth.

The book is aimed at children up to the age of 12 who are either visiting Frankfurt, have recently moved to the city or simply want to get to know their home better. Equally informative and entertaining, it presents various sides and offerings of Frankfurt, deliberately avoiding the city tours common in many other children's city guides. Instead, children should be able to pick out what interests them individually and thus put together their very own tour of the city. On one double-page spread each, the book takes its young readers to the Children's Museum, to the legendary water houses, to Frankfurt's underground or to the Imperial Cathedral, shows them how public transport works or what culinary delicacies are typical of Frankfurt. Bettina Tenge-Lyazami provides all the important information in an entertaining way in short texts that are well tailored to the target group, while Leonore Poth garnishes the whole thing with charming illustrations. The result is a very colourful and appealing, but not too overloaded overall impression that appeals very well to its target group and offers them plenty to discover. This beautiful overall impression is then complemented by numerous current and historical illustrations.

What makes "Mein Frankfurt am Main" so successful is the fact that the book is not just limited to conveying information. Of course, young readers can learn a lot about the city's history, famous personalities, Jewish Frankfurt, the museums, the stock exchange or the skyline on just under 100 pages. But at the same time, the book also invites them to actively participate, posing riddles and tasks or offering other opportunities for creative participation. This not only increases the fun of this lovingly designed book. Rather, this intensified engagement with the individual topics also increases the desire to put them into practice. And this is particularly commendable, because as much fun as it is to correctly match painted dinosaurs, seeing a real dinosaur skeleton in the Senckenberg Natural History Museum is still much more exciting.

Bettina Tenge-Lyazami and Leonore Poth have created a really beautiful book that is perfectly tailored to the target group and that children not only enjoy reading, but also offers them many great ideas for discovering the many facets of Frankfurt anew or again. Frankfurt had to wait a long time for a children's city guide - but it was really worth the wait! Absolutely recommendable for all little Frankfurt fans and those who want to become one!

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp