📅 Series launches Fri July 4 — new book every Friday through July 24
✦ Based on a real family Spring Break trip across Europe ✦
Follow Felipe & Macio (pronounced “Mah-SEE-oo”) Across Europe
A 4-book illustrated chapter series for kids ages 6–12 — children’s travel picture books that turn the family’s real journey from Phoenix, Arizona to Europe into a bedtime adventure.
Amsterdam · Holland · Paris · London
Get Launch Day Reminder + Free Coloring Pack →The 4-Book Series
Felipe and his floppy stuffed elephant Macio travel together — one city per book, real route, real story.
A real trip. A real family. A real elephant named Macio.
In March 2025, our family took a Spring Break trip across Europe. Our 9-year-old son Felipe brought his very best friend — Macio, a floppy gray stuffed elephant — on every flight, every train, and every walk through every city.
What started as photos in a camera roll became a 4-book illustrated travel adventure for kids ages 6–12. Every place, every meal, every “wait, look at that!” really happened.
🎨 Also Available: Coloring & Activity Books
Every scene from the storybooks — hand-traced as bold line art for crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Plus mazes, word searches, and travel-themed activities. Screen-free fun for road trips, flights, and rainy afternoons.
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About Five Explorers Press
Five Explorers Press is a family-run children’s book publisher based in Phoenix, Arizona. The name comes from our five-person family — two parents and three kids. Every book in our series is based on something we actually did together, told in a way kids ages 6–12 can read on their own or share with a grown-up at bedtime.
We believe travel is the best classroom, and that every journey — whether halfway around the world or just down the road — is an adventure worth telling.
Join Macio’s Explorer Club
Get a free travel coloring pack + launch-day reminder when the books go live on Amazon (starting July 4, 2026). Plus behind-the-scenes from our trip and updates on the Spanish & Portuguese editions.