Description
Temporarily out of stock
Title: This is Australia
Author: SASEK MIROSLAV
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/03/2009
Imprint: RIZZOLI
Price: $38.00
Publishing status: Active
Like the other Sasek classics, these are facsimile editions of his original books. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than forty years later and, where applicable, facts have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a \”This is . . . Today\” page at the back of each book. The stylish, charming illustrations, coupled with Saseks witty, playful narrative, make these books a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember them from their own childhood. In This is Australia, first published in 1970, Sasek swings down under, winging his readers into Sydney, with its famous bridge and space-age Opera House; bustling, modern Melbourne; colonial Adelaide; semitropical Brisbane; the garden city of Canberra; mineral-rich Perth; and Alice Springs, Australias most famous outback town.
Biography
M. Sasek was born in 1916 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. An author and illustrator, he is best remembered for his classic stories on the great cities of the world. He died in 1980.
ISBN: 9780789318541