Travel bug, travel itch, wanderlust, bucket list.

If you’ve ever dreamed about an epic family adventure and heading out on the road for a few months or more, Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling is for you. Part inspiration and part how-to, this book demystifies the seemingly outrageous prospect of embarking on a long-term family trip and using the world as a classroom for your kids—a trailblazing approach known as worldschooling.

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If you’ve ever dreamed about an epic family adventure and heading out on the road for a few months or more, Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling is for you. Part inspiration and part how-to, this book demystifies the seemingly outrageous prospect of embarking on a long-term family trip and using the world as a classroom for your kids—a trailblazing approach known as worldschooling.

ORDER THE BOOK

Pack up the family

for a life-changing adventure.

Three travelers with a wild desire to help get you out there!

We are returned worldschoolers. Our aim is to provide you with inspiration and information to help you hit the road with your family. We want to show you that through long-term family travel, you can slow down, simplify and wonder at all the world has to offer.

Packed with practical information and enriched by colorful, first-person travelogues, Wonder Year is a friendly companion that will show you how to fund your travels, plan and enjoy the journey, teach your kids on the road, and travel sustainably and safely.

MORE ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Three travelers with a wild desire to help get you out there!

We are returned worldschoolers. Our aim is to provide you with inspiration and information to help you hit the road with your family. We want to show you that through long-term family travel, you can slow down, simplify and wonder at all the world has to offer.

Packed with practical information and enriched by colorful, first-person travelogues, Wonder Year is a friendly companion that will show you how to fund your travels, plan and enjoy the journey, teach your kids on the road, and travel sustainably and safely.

MORE ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Winner of Three Indie Book Awards!

2024 IPPY Awards
GOLD MEDAL

2024 Foreword INDIES Awards
SILVER MEDAL

2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards
SILVER MEDAL

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Current Newsletters

News about our book, recap of our latest blog posts, the month’s happenings around the globe, nature’s offering, and web resources we are loving.

Winter 2024-2025

Everyone’s talking about New Year’s resolutions. We think family travel and worldschooling are beautiful intentions for 2025. This winter we’ve participated in a number of book talks, festivals, and in-store events, connecting with current and future travelers about the creative and educational power of travel.

Autumn 2024

Since our last newsletter, we have published three blogs to our website. The first is about Worldschooling in Yellowstone. With so many educational themes from history, to biology, geology and the inspirational beauty, you’ll find plenty of ideas to explore with your worldschoolers. Get some ideas here.

July 2024

Our big news this month is that we added both a Foreword INDIES Award and an IPPY Award to last month’s IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award.