Airport delays, traffic and persistent rain are but three reasons to carry an Emergency Diversion Bag with you at all times this summer as you cart your kids around for the annual Happy Families Experience.
Wow! The Visual Encyclopedia of Everything(€19.99) could be as useful as a jack to keep in the car. It's not the first of its kind by a long shot, but because it's produced by Dorling Kindersley it has an edge in terms of design and photographs.
The content is completely random . . . want to know something about molecular compounds? Meteorites? Transpiration? Galleon warships? Robots? Better than a GameBoy any day, it may keep back seat riders curiously quiet for long stretches of your journey.