This is Venice (1961)
Every page is "suitable for framing," but even the most enthusiastic child would never want to take apart this near perfect piece of work. What a lovely Venice for any young reader to know and treasure. - Maureen Daly in Scouring the world with typewriter and camera.
This is Venice has many of the artist's gentle digs at tourists and at the vendors who feed on them... That he draws buildings not in noble isolation but surrounded by the mess and muddle of a living city -- washing on the line, telly-aerials on the roof -- endears him more deeply to the reader. - Writ on Water
I loved Venice because Venice is so beautiful! - Miroslav Sasek in Books are by people.
Notes: This is Venice was one of M. Sasek's own favourites, along with This is Edinburgh and This is Hong Kong. Similar to the other early books in the series it is a particularly lovely book and was one of the four titles (along with This is New York, This is Israel and This is Ireland) which was made into a film.
