FOR HOTELS, DESTINATIONS & VISITOR ORGANIZATIONS
Give families more to discover—and a reason to remember you.
Turn a warm welcome into an adventure. A familiar trail into a new discovery. A family visit into a story worth bringing home.
WanderWild Press creates custom storybooks, activity books, and discovery guides inspired by your hotel, park, or destination. Give children something they’re excited to explore, parents a way to join in, and your team a thoughtful way to share what makes a visit with you special.
Make their stay part of a bigger adventure.
Imagine a book waiting at check-in, a discovery guide tucked into a welcome bag, or an activity that keeps the curiosity going after a guided walk.
Familiar landmarks, local wildlife, and stories from your surroundings become invitations to look closer, ask questions, and explore together. Created around your destination and your guests, each resource gives families another way to connect with their visit—and carry a little of it home.
Stories that bring your destination to life.
Original illustrated stories that introduce children to your setting through characters, details, and adventures they want to follow.
Activities that turn “What’s next?” into “Let’s explore.”
Observation challenges, drawing prompts, and small investigations that help families discover more together.
Something special for your programs and seasons.
Custom resources that extend a guided experience, introduce an exhibit, or give families a fresh reason to explore.
Every destination has stories worth discovering.
A lakeside campground. A changing shoreline. A world of stories waiting to be noticed. Our independently published Dreher Island collection shows how one destination can inspire illustrated stories, hands-on discovery, and thoughtful reflection.
Help readers understand the place
Turn curiosity into an adventure.
- The Wild Around Us — Illustrated nonfiction and discovery activities that connect what readers notice with what they can investigate.
- Wander Wild with Jackson & Tucker — Character-led exploration for younger readers and families.
- Beyond the Trail — A reflective invitation to slow down, observe, and connect with a place.
What could your guests discover? Together, we’ll find the stories and activities that fit the experience you offer.
Your local knowledge. Our storytelling and learning design.
You bring the knowledge of your destination and guests. We bring research, storytelling, and learning design to help shape something they’ll want to explore.
- Start with a conversation. Tell us about your guests, programs, goals, timing, and budget. We’ll explore where a custom resource could add the most value.
- Shape the idea together. We agree on the format, creative direction, fee, branding, and use rights. When an idea needs more development, a paid concept phase can establish the brief, sample treatment, and production estimate.
- Develop and refine. We combine research with your team’s knowledge and agree on an outline and representative spread before full production. Your designated reviewer provides consolidated feedback at agreed milestones, with specialist review where needed.
- Get ready to share. We prepare the approved files and plan how guests and staff will use the finished resource. Print preparation, printing arrangements, and any future editions are defined in the proposal.
Resources can carry your organization’s identity or be co-branded with WanderWild Press.
Led by educator and WanderWild Press founder Kimberly Bowman-Carpenter, each project combines storytelling, research, and thoughtful learning design.
Let’s create something your guests will want to take home.
Tell us what makes a visit with you special—and who you’d love to share it with. We’ll explore how a custom book or discovery guide could enrich your guests’ experience, from the first welcome to the journey home.
Start a conversation with Kimberly
hello@wanderwildpress.com
The world gets more interesting when you pay attention.