{"product_id":"this-is-san-fancisco","title":"This Is San Fancisco","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Is San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby M. Sasek is a tour of the city by the Bay in Sasek's signature style — jaunty, colourful, and completely charming. First published in 1962 and now reissued in a smaller format, it takes in the rumbling cable cars, the crookedest street in the world, the Peking ducks in Chinatown, and the breathtaking landscape and cosmopolitan flavour of the city. A facsimile of the original, with facts updated at the back of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiroslav Šašek was born in Prague in 1916 and trained as an architect before emigrating to Paris after the Communist coup of 1948. He began the \"This Is...\" series in 1959 and went on to produce 18 books about cities and countries around the world.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Is London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Is New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eboth won the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year, and Šašek was awarded the Key to the City of San Francisco for the series. He died in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003eAges 7 +\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255384727599,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0072\/7285\/7647\/files\/Sasek-This-Is-San-Francisco-1_1.jpg?v=1777319677","url":"https:\/\/www.parkette.ca\/products\/this-is-san-fancisco","provider":"Parkette.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}