This is Washington, D.C. A Children\'s Classic

ContinuingthesuccessoftherunawaybestsellersThisisNewYorkandThisisLondoncomesthelatesttitlefromM.Sasek’sbelovedandnostalgicchildren’stravelseries.Sasek’sThisisWashington,D.C.isafacsimileeditionofhisoriginalbook,whichwasfirstpublishedin1969.Thebrilliantillustrationshavebeenmeticulouslypreserved,withthefactsupdatedforthetwenty-firstcentury.Thecharmingillustrations,coupledwithSasek’splayfulnarrative,makesforaperfectsouvenirthatwilldelightchildrenandparentsalike.Super-touristSasekpaintsWashingtonred,white,andblueashetoursthenation’scapital.StopsincludetheWashingtonMonument(whichcommandsaviewofalltheFederalbuildingsandmostofthemuseums,monuments,andmemorials),theWhiteHouse(whoselawnisagrassylaunchingpadforthePresident’shelicopter),andtheSmithsonian’sNationalZoologicalPark,thelastresidenceoftheworld’smostfamousursine,SmokeytheBear!Withbrightpicturesandsnappycommentary,Sasekwittilycapturesallthefascinatingthingstodoandseeinacityofgreenparks,wideavenues,andclassicwhiteporticoes.DesignedbyaFrenchmanandrenownedforitscherryblossoms,ThisisWashington,D.C.!,