This is why I have a growing collection of books by M. Sasek

The This is series by Miroslav Sasek may have been written to teach kids about travel, but they've got all the things this grown-up likes: sweet, smart copy combined with bold, colorful, streamlined illustrations of places I've lived, places I've been, and places I plan to go.

And, really, who needs tripadvisor.com when I've got all the basics covered in books that also look chic on my bookshelf?

PLACES I'VE LIVED

This is New York

This is Texas

This is London

This is Britain

PLACES I'VE LOVED

This is Paris

This is Rome

This is Greece

This is Venice

This is Ireland

This is San Francisco

This is Edinburgh

PLACES I'D LIKE TO LOVE AND/OR LIVE

This is Hong Kong

This is Australia

This is Munich (not yet republished)

This is Israel

This is the Way to the Moon