This Is Ireland

Let me start out by saying I love this book and my toddler loves the illustrations. Every day, we sit and I read him one of our special picture books. I have several books in this “This is...” series and all are extremely charming. The Ireland installment is delightful, too. While some of the illustrations are “of a particular era” (illustrating taverns and a weapon for a kid’s book), I can certainly look past this because this book is a reprint from mid-century illustrations that are nonetheless charming. I have included photos of the pages I found of particular interest. The leprechaun and the illustration of the library were particularly great! In the back of the book is a page that spells out edits to the text (as of 2005). If you love vintage children’s book illustration as I do, this will be a welcome addition to your library. I dare say I learned several things about Ireland that I didn’t know before and it makes me want to visit!Final note: my photos were taken at night, so there’s a little bit of a rosy/yellow tint to the pages, but surprisingly the color isn’t too far off when I compared them in the daytime, since the images are fairly desaturated and the pages are a cream colored ivory that may be yellowing slightly. I still find the book lovely, though.

The Sasek series of books is beloved because of the sensitive, beautiful drawings/illustrations, the charming text made especially interesting which is never tiring, and because we are all enchanted by places we long to visit. 'This is Ireland' is an ideal gift for any child learning to appreciate and understand their Irish heritage, and it is also a thoughtful present to those lucky travelers who will or have visited The Emerald Isle. If you are new to Miroslav Sasek keep in mind that all of his books are equally beloved, and it is impossible to stop with just one!

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 and interesting facts. i would definitely say this entry has some of the more whimsical and delightful images present in sasek's books. the endpapers are smile-inducing.and as with all the updated printings of sasek's books, there is a welcome list of "this is the country...today!" at the end of the book with changes listed since the original printing. it is great to see both the way the country WAS as well as the present day differences.i highly recommend this book if you are interested in either ireland, or simply in wonderful illustration.

Last summer I enjoyed a trip to Ireland with a my sons and 2 of oldest son's children a boy and girl ages 3 and 6 years. It was a whirllwind trip and the onlyfixed plans for sure, were our stays set up by my daughter in law via the net, Every aspect of our trip to Ireland was a pleasant surprize and a wonderful memory. MY parents were natives of this beutiful land. When a friend showed me a copy of this book, I knew I had to gift the children. So many of the spots represented in the book's pages were indeed places we had roamed. The water color renditions were simple and sweet.Sincerely, Maureen Braun

This is a great book series and such a special way to share your favorite places with children.This is the third book in the series I have purchased: This is San Francisco, This is Paris, and This is Ireland.All filled with beautiful classic illustrations and facts about the areas, some even I didn't know! This would make the perfect gift! I highlighly recommend these books!

I discovered this book by accident in my friends house and I just had to have it for my 9 and 6 year old. It is so whimsical with very colorful with imaginative illustrations. You relate to the country immediately and begin to learn in an interesting way about the place. I have already bought three of these books and intend to collect them all.

I got this for my grand kids who live in Germany but the family was planning a trip to Ireland. The kids(6 & 8) have their own travel guide now as they explore Ireland. It arrived as promised in Germany,

I love the art in this book, but it's a bit wordy for a kid's book. I purchased this, hoping to use it for St. Patrick's Day with my 9, 7 and 5 year old. They all lost interest in this book quickly because of vocabulary and other ideas being over their head. In a few years I'll pull this book out again.

These books are wonderful! We purchase them before we go visit a new place with our kids (3, 5, and 8) and it really helps them look forward to what we are going to see during our trip. Some things are a bit out-of-date, but in the back they have little updates for the current state of things. The illustrations are great as well and the kids really like them. The amount of detail in the books relating to certain sites you might see or things the kids would appreciate is awesome. Definitely recommend these books if you are planning a family visit or if your kids would just like to learn about far away places.

This lovely book was written and illustrated in a simpler, earlier age and reflects Ieland as I first knew it in the late sixties. I have two Irish grandsons and I gave it to them when the eldest was only two so that they could read about their country at a time when their father was a baby and keep reading it as they grew up. They love it.

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I loved this book, it was bought and the friends I gave it too loved it also, I imagine it will be a great keep sake.

I bought this for an eight year old boy and he loved it but the adults loved it even more, reminiscing about Ireland in the 1960s