Written by a mom who's had both the summit triumphs and the trailside meltdowns, Best Hikes with Kids: Western Washington is a hiking guide built from a kid's-eye view — not a checklist of peaks, but a fresh way to see the trail through small eyes.

Author Susan Elderkin turns her own family's hits and misses into a guide for parents who want quality time away from screens, from Ape Cave's lava tubes to the basalt-buried trees of Ginkgo Petrified Forest. Pull the boots on — the trail's waiting.