Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is situated on an east-west trending section of the California coastline, the longest section of coastline on the West Coast of the United States. The city lies between the steep Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. But the main thing about Santa Barbara is its beauty and its appeal to the tourist, even the California tourist. You will find the people of Santa Barbara to be warm and friendly, the food to be more than excellent, as well as varied, and fun will surround you, with lots of family and kid friendly things to do. Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, with photography by the one and only, extraordinary John D. Weigand, this book will give your child a heads up as to what he or she can expect to see and do when they reach this fun-filled, beautiful city that some call the "American Riviera."