![]() With their distinct visual vocabulary, this witty collection of travel guides illustrating life and culture in a variety of cities and countries around the world from a child's perspective became immensely popular and garnered many awards. A nicely designed, compact career overview with 119 color illustrations.Īn introduction to Miroslav Sasek, the world-famous creator of the "This Is" series of children's books, which provided a generation of kids with stylish and humorous illustrated books on the world's great cities.Ĭzech artist Miroslav Sasek (1916-1980) is celebrated for his pioneering approach to narrative nonfiction picture books, particularly his bestselling This Is series, which began with This is Paris in 1959 and eventually totaled eighteen books. ![]()
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