I was given an early copy in exchange for an honest review. This contained valuable tips for traveling with your youngsters. I felt you needed to be realistically upper middle class to go on these European trips that encompass several counties in Europe and a Scandinavia. You learn to find a local map as soon as possible and highlight the territory for paces of interest with no particular schedule. It’s better when enjoyed in a native natural state rather than forcing an itinerary. For instance I don’t feel most Italian grandmothers would be so welcoming to babysit just anyone’s children. Although that was a nice submersible touch in case her parents wanted to do something on their own one night. Her parents also traveled separately to be of help to baby sit, carry strollers, as needed. You learn that weird can be wonderful when enjoyed with the kids. Travel expands their minds to the world and the customs of the area. It also expands their palates to the local cuisine.. Not just everyone would have parents able to take off and go when their daughter called to spend a couple of weeks or so to travel through Europe.. Special thanks to #NetGalley, #KaitlynJain and #Passports and Pacifiers for the opportunity to review early. The audiobook did feel more personal since it was narrated by the author. Relatable touch.ie. Made me feel like she actually knew what she was talking about when traveling with kids. Itinerary must be in broad brush stokes. Arrive here on date. Leave from here on date. The rest is loosely structured. To fit within hard set dates and times.Don’t get sucked under by the occasional meltdowns with kids they are going to happen. Pack enough snacks and games in a nap sack to keep them under a semi-controlled state. Yes I would recommend this book to anyone with mixed feelings about traveling with children anywhere.

This book was really interesting and fun to listen to as an audiobook. Kaitlyn tells a variety of relatable and funny stories about her trips around the world with her young children. It was light, easy listening, but also had lots of interesting details. I think I will give it another quick read right before I plan any future vacations with future toddlers! Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to listen to this great audiobook!

This was a really good book. Its a genre hybrid book that incorporates parenting advice with travel writings that just worked really well. I became engrossed in the story from the start. I listened to the audiobook and loved that the author read her own work. She had a wonderful tone and pitch and the book was paced brilliantly. I was slightly in awe of the author at being such a fantastic mother and able to travel with her 4 kids which is magnificent. This book had really good parenting advice and was really fascinating to read. 

I do hope the author does write more books as they were very entertaining and so interesting.  

I definitely recommend this book for those parents who wish to travel and those who love reading family orientated travel writings. 

So much praise goes out to the author and publishing team for creating this fascinating, funny and very enjoyable book that I'm sure other mums and dad's out there would love to read.
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Book on traveling with kids, narrated by the author. Some minor editing mistakes that need to be fixed before publication. Makes me want to travel this summer.

Passports and Pacifiers is mostly a memoir about the vacations and events that arose during a married couple's travels with their young children. The author talks about her kids' reactions and sometimes lack of reactions to significant tourist sites. She also describes how she adjusts the travel experiences to their level of interest. In addition, she provides some historical context about the places the family visits, such as Rome. At times she provides travel tips, such as checking with your local library about obtaining your passport and how to avoid overpacking.

I think it's cute how she uses trimesters to divide sections of the book, and she appears to let one of her children introduce each section. It's helpful to have her narrate. Her voice provides that needed authenticity when she talks about some of the drama she and her family encountered during some of their adventures.

The book intends to offer some guidance about travel; however, it feels like it's geared to upper-middle-class women who are stay-at-home moms and want to travel with their toddlers. It's not clear whether she's a full-time, stay-at-home mom. Throughout the book, I wondered how are you and your husband affording these trips?

You can tell that the author is very fortunate to have such a wonderful and helpful partner. The author would have hit a home run if she provided more travel tips and insights and considered different traveling experiences for mothers. I think getting more feedback from different moms could have enriched the stories she told and offered more guidance. For instance, I think she could have provided some helpful tips for mothers who work full-time and attempt to balance household duties with their partners and single mothers attempting to travel alone with their toddlers.

I do think the book offers some moms many opportunities to relate to the chaotic experiences of bringing toddlers on the road.

***I received an audio ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.***

If I were just rating for content, this would be 3 stars. The stories of Jain's travels through different countries and sometimes with small children were charming and informative. And honestly, I would have liked more of the asides with background about the areas visited.

But the structure of the chapters (and random personal backstories in the middle of chapters that only sort of connected to what was happening) was disjointed and confusing. It often pulled me out of the moment to say, "Wait, when did this trip take place? Where is she now?" This is definitely an editing issue, because the writing style itself was conversational and fine, but it was hard to reorient myself every time. The stories just needed to be put together differently. Maybe it would be less noticeable in the print version (I understand they're working on this audio a bit more), depending on where and how much the paragraphs/chapters are separated, but I think the issue is probably still there.

I hope the author isn't discouraged by my review, because I think she has many stories to tell. The structure just isn't quite there yet.

I enjoyed this book. It was fun and entertaining and I laughed out loud multiple times at different stories she told. What really sold the boob for me was the section with useful tips. I also liked the format of a book and being broken up into trimesters.

Overall it was a fun and quick read. My only complaint was that there were some mistakes with the audio recording. I can appreciate that the author narrated herself, but it felt a little low budget to me. I would suggest this to any parents who plan to travel a lot with young kids.

Thank you NetGalley for the copy in exchange for an honest review!

This book is so relatable to me, as someone who travels extensively with kids and is an uber planner. The author writes in an interesting conversational style, and I'd like to sit down and chat with her. I don't know that the content is interesting enough to go beyond a very targeted audience of traveling families, but I enjoyed it.

I was excited to read this book because I also love to travel, and now I have a 10 month old daughter. I really liked the lessons learned and the tips the author provided. The stories were also humorous and the substance of the book was, in general, a good read. Listening to it made me long to travel and gave me some inspiration as to which places to go to.

I would have rated the book 4 or even 5 stars had it not been for the poor quality of the audiobook. To be honest, while I was enjoying the substance of the book, it was hard to finish because of the audio. The book was read by the author, and the recording was very unprofessional. You could hear pages turning, mouth noises, and once the author even stumbled over a sentence. Why was this recording not better edited? Additionally, the author would sometimes pause in weird places in the sentence, which prompted me to listen at 1.25x speed, as this normalized the reading somehow.

While I would highly recommend this book, I would ONLY recommend the print or ebook version. Steer clear of the audiobook!

Props to Kaitlyn Jain for managing to travel with 4 kids! Her adventures are funny, informative, and enlightening. I enjoyed listening to the different locations she visited and have added a few to my list. There were some issues with the narration - at one point she makes a mistake, pauses, and starts again - but otherwise it was fine; it didn't take away from the stories. It was also cute that her daughter (I'm guessing, it's never mentioned) narrates the chapter titles.

Passports and pacifiers

A fun, encouraging, and realistic outlook on traveling with small children. I enjoyed the awkward predicaments and the go with the flow attitude of the parents.

I gave this book 5 stars. A great read for parents who dream or plan of travel.


Thank you @netgalley and @booksgosocialadio for a copy of the audiobook to review.

International travel with a toddler is something many people wouldn’t contemplate, never mind travelling with 4 children under 8!
Part memoir, part travelogue, part guidance for other families contemplating travel with young children, there is no doubt that this is a book written from the heart. There is plenty of humour, some interesting insights and plenty of "Lessons Learned”. The writing does jump about a bit, and there is quite a lot of repetition, but I am sure that many parents who have travelled with young children will recognise many of the situations in the book!
I listened to the audiobook version & it felt quite amateurish. It was read by the author but it was very much read & not narrated, with odd phrasing at times, you could hear pages turning and she stumbled over many pronunciations. I think it could be much better if the recording was redone, but it doesn’t change the fact that the content will appeal to those contemplating travel with children!

Story is describes as traveling the world one tantrum at a time.
A fun family adventure with small children.
Although a fun story, I am an audiobook narrator snob. I have found that authors typically are not good performers. They, of course, know the story but are not actors. Which happens in this case, so doesn’t come across as professional. Of course, this is not an issue in the book.

Want to thank NetGalley and Books Go Social for this audio eGalley. This file has been made available to me before publication in an early form for an honest professional review.
Audiobook Publishing Release Date July 1, 2022.