- This is...
"This is..." is a series of children's
travel book s written and illustrated by Czech authorMiroslav Sasek between 1959 and 1974.Sasek originally intended to write three books: "This is Paris", "This is London", and "This is Rome". Because of those titles' popularity, Sasek ultimately extended the series to 18 books.
Four of the "This is" books were adapted into movies in the early 1960s: "This is New York", "This is Venice", "This is Israel", and "This is Ireland".
The "This is" series went
out of print . In 2003, publisherRizzoli began reissuing some of the titles, although not in the original publication order. So far eight titles have been reprinted, with two more scheduled to be reissued in January, 2007.Books in the series
*"This is
Paris " (1959) (republished 2004)
*"This isLondon " (1959) (republished 2004)
*"This isRome " (1960) (scheduled to be republished 2007)
*"This is New York" (1960) (republished 2003)
*"This isEdinburgh " (1961) (republished 2006)
*"This isMunich " (1961)
*"This isVenice " (1961) (republished 2005)
*"This is San Francisco" (1962) (republished 2003)
*"This isIsrael " (1962)
*"This isCape Canaveral " (1963) (later republished as "This is Cape Kennedy")
*"This isIreland " (1964) (republished 2005)
*"This isHong Kong " (1965) (scheduled to be republished 2007)
*"This isGreece " (1966)
*"This isTexas " (1967) (republished 2006)
*"This is theUnited Nations " (1968)
*"This isWashington, D.C. " (1969)
*"This isAustralia " (1970)
*"This is Historic Britain" (1974)ources
* [http://www.miroslavsasek.com/ Welcome to the wonderful world of Miroslav Sasek]
* [http://www.rizzoliusa.com/catalog/results.pperl?title_auth_isbn=sasek Sasek titles from Rizzoli New York]
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