Universe Publishing This is Paris

Classic. Beautiful illustrations.

Ótima qualidade do papel, capa dura bem firme. Muito bonito e fácil de ler com as crianças.

WONDERFUL BOOK

I admit, I didn't look at the size when I ordered the book. When it arrived, I was pleased to see it was a nice tall hardcover book in excellent condition, even though I bought it used. This book is not a story, this is an educational book. My daughter is infatuated with Paris, and although she's 11 (note: below grade level reading, preteen mind) she wanted this book. She loves it. It's an easy way for her to remember places in Paris without it being textbooky. It's great for younger kids too of course! It has very nice drawings and brief passages about famous places and common sites of Paris. A nice touch in the later editions is that the editor has put "updates" to information such as: police are no longer on bicycles, but are on motorbikes, markets have moved, and other tidbits of change. If you buy educational books to read to your young children, I'd recommend this one as a nice introduction to the places in Paris. That, and Google Earth (ha ha).

Un libro muy agradable de leer para cualquier persona, principalmente para niños y niñas de corta edad. En cada hoja encontramos básicamente unas ilustraciones, a modo de caricatura, sobre monumentos o la vida cotidiana de Paris, y pequeñas frases, que añaden un poco de información y humor al contexto. Está escrito en inglés, pero las frases son simples y cortas, siendo incluso un perfecto soporte didáctica para ampliar vocabulario y consolidar expresiones, sobre todo relacionadas con el turismo y la forma de expresar una opinión. Muy recomendable, porque además es un libro con solera, que el tiempo ha impregnado de simbolismo, y nos traslada a ese Paris idealizado que últimamente es difícil de reconocer.