Sometimes travel can be more about the journey than the destination, as Caroline Hennessy and her family discovered when they took a 13-hour overnight journey from San Sebastián to Lisbon to check out the Trenhotel experience

From A (what to do when you get to the airport) through the practicalities of P (packing for kids) and the best ways of catching those all important Zzzzs on a long-haul flight, Caroline Hennessy has 26 top tips for making flying fun this summer.

Richard Scarry’s Best Lowly Worm Book Ever! (Harper Collins €8.80) is ready to delight a new generation of youngsters.

The Busiest People Ever by Richard Scarry (Harper Collins; €8.30) vibrates with energy from the very beginning as everyone in Busytown goes about their work.