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Today, I have a great set of kids book for a giveaway- 4 of the This is... Books by Mirosalv Sasek, originally released in the 60's..
There are 16 books in the original series including Ireland, Hong Kong and Scotland, this series was aimed at making travel in foreign countries. Interesting to young children. The bright and colorful illustrations will delight readers of all ages. In fact, I can see some wanting to take the book apart and frame them to put into a nursery or young child's room!
Many of the sites and locations in the books still stand and the facts remain the same. For the updated versions, if there is something that has been changed or no longer exist, they have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a "This is ... Today" page at the back of the book
The books are still charming with noted places that you would want to see if you travel there even today. I love how they have updated the books with the quick sheet of changes so that the books can be used again and again. They are a charming series and I'm glad to see that they're going to be in a thinner, hard paperback style to make them more accessible and travelable. If you want to know more about the series republishing you can click on the link below.
But now for our wonderful readers were able to give away all four books in this set they sent us for review, This is Paris, This is London, This is New York, and This is San Francisco! They will make a great set for giving or keeping at your house for the grandkids.
About the Author:
Originally trained as an architect, he had just begun a career in children's literature when the Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948 prompted him to emigrate to Munich, West Germany, where he worked for Radio Free Europe from 1951 to 1957. This Is Paris appeared in 1959, starting what ultimately grew into a series of eighteen books. Šašek's This Is London received the New York Times Choice of Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year in 1959, as did This Is New York in 1960. This Is New York also received the Boy's Club of America Junior Books Award in 1961, while This Is the United Nations appeared on the International Board on Books for Young People Honor List in 1979. Šašek was living in Paris at the time of his death, which occurred on a trip to Switzerland, in 1980.
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