Customer Reviews

This is London

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Originally, I read about this series in National Geographic Travel. I bought the London book as a gift for a seven year old who is a certified Harry Potter fan and, as a result, becoming quite the junior anglophile. While this may not be an up-to-date trip to London (some of the landmarks mentioned are no longer there), it sparks the imagination and whets the young traveler's appetite. The illustrations are fun and it doesn't stay on the shelf long at our house.

Exclamations come to mind: beautiful design and drawings, comprehensive and to the point guide! And this goes for all his city guides Paris, Rome, Venice and Hong Kong. You might argue it is a bit old fashioned, but I think you are confusing it with "it s one of the Classics". And when something is called a Classic, it is timeless and a Must-Have! Trust me, it is worth your while and money!

My son (7-year-old now) has been reding this series since age 4 every time we visited a new city. We have London, Paris and San Francisco books. They are all brilliant to read pre-trip and post-trip. Although cities have chnaged over the years, the books give a very good feel of the cities. They also give footnotes of updates. Not only my son enjoys them enormously, but my husband and myself learned a lot from the series. Highly recommended.

I first saw this book while visiting London, England. It cost something like '20 pounds. I decided I'd wait til I got home and order it off of Amazon instead. Glad I did - it was far less expensive. It is also a great book. Miroslav Sasek's books on different locations across the globe are great - fun art, informative and a nice sense of humor as well. A little outdated but the new editions tell you what has changed in the city since the original publication. I have actually been collecting this series of books for every location I have been to (if there is a Sasek book out there for it - and so far there seems to be!).

sasek's books are all visually lovely, no doubt about it, however they are also incredibly informative, which i quite appreciate. this book is littered with amazing images, interesting facts, and this particular entry makes me yearn to discover the london of yesterday/today in person.

and as with all the updated printings of sasek's books, there is a welcome list of "this is the city...today!" at the end of the book with changes listed since the original printing. it is great to see both the way the city WAS as well as the present day differences.

i highly recommend this book if you are interested in either london, or simply in wonderful illustration.

My 3.5yo loves this book! The pictures are wonderful and it has a great story with it. My husband and I also love it because you can actually learn something from a kids book. Highly recommend!

as amazing for adults as children, a must have for your kids library. i only wish they were up to date throughout, they do give you the updates at the end of the book, but i wish it was all the way through. overall - LOVE THEM!! everyone that sees them in my library adores them...

I bought two of these as gifts for friends children - they are just gorgeous. The artwork is beautiful and I would love to get the complete collection for my kids as we all love looking at the pictures and learning a little about the world (although of course this book is 'of its time' so things have changed somewhat since it was written)

This book has beautiful pictures and is worth buying for that reason alone. However, I thought the presentation of the content, although very informative, was a bit dry. My son was bored before the end, and he usually has a surprisingly long attention span.

I thought this was a legitimate book on London, i.e., Foders, but it was a childrens book. Be careful not to make the same mistake.