This Is the World

이책은 고민을 많이 했는데, 생각보다 큰 감동은 없어서 조금 아쉬웠어요.좀더 다양하게 세계 곳곳이 소개되길 기대했는데 나라가 몇개없네요ㅠ그럼에도 큰판형이라 시원시원해서 그부분은 마음에들어요.이책은 중고책같은 상태의 책이 와서 누가보던걸 보냈나 아리송했어요.찝찝해서 커버는 바로 버렸네요ㅠ
A compilation of abridged versions of M. Sasek s most popular children s travel books. From London to Hong Kong, Sydney to San Francisco, readers will delight in this charming journey through the world s great cities. With deft strokes of his paintbrush and a witty voice to match, master illustrator and storyteller M. Sasek captured the essence of the world s major capitals and brought them to life for an entire generation of young readers.

Now, more than fifty years later, those same readers are passing these stories down to their children and their children s children. This is series has officially reached iconic status. Collected here for the first time in one affordable volume are some of Sasek s most beloved adventures. From Notre Dame in Paris to a trolley car in the hills of San Francisco, with stops for sausages in Munich and a yacht race in Sydney, this book takes children and adults alike on a whirlwind trip to some of the world s greatest destinations.

An inspirational travelogue that introduces readers to the art, architecture, music, food, and traditions of multiple cities and countries, This is the World is the perfect book for international commuters and would-be travellers of all ages. This anthology includes excerpts from: This is New York, This is Paris, This is Greece, This is London, This is Australia, This is Texas, This is Munich, This is Rome, This is Britain, This is Hong Kong, This is Israel, This is San Francisco, This is Edinburgh, This is Venice, This is Washington D.C., and This is Ireland.