Sunday, 6 January 2013

【閱讀】LONDON/ROME, A Three-Dimensional Expanding City Skyline

超想全部都帶回家!!!
I want them ALL!!!!

還記得2011年那時候在貝克街一間有特色的小書店找到倫敦這本立體繪本,完全一見鍾情!而且才五英鎊(當時約台幣235元),在台灣這麼精緻的立體繪本哪有這麼好的價錢?豪不猶豫立刻下手帶回台灣,當作送給自己的禮物,非賣品哈哈。沒想到前幾天去誠品買書的時候意外在結帳櫃檯看到這系列的立體書,整個欣喜若狂啊!好想要全部帶回家!

It was back in 2011 when I first saw this picture book (LONDON) at a lovely bookstore on Baker St. at UK. And it was a love at first sight, literally. lol. I bought it without any hesitation since it was only 5 pounds, which was around 235NTD at that time. There's no way for me to find a wonderful 3D picture book in Taiwan with such a good price! I decided to turn it into one of my favorite collections and not for sell! NEVER! haha. Therefore, it's not surprising how thrilled I was when I saw them in Taiwan at Eslite bookstore few days ago. I WANT THEM ALL!

倫敦<3
London, the one I bought as a souvenir for myself in 2011 at UK 
羅馬<3
Rome, miss Italy as well :(
這系列的小書雖然被放在兒童區,但其實也可以算是旅遊書吧。不同於一般旅遊書,這系列作品以插圖的方式呈現城市裡著名的景點,並附上幾行說明介紹該景點。由於文字清新、簡單、易懂,短短幾行點出該景點最重要的資訊,配上手繪風格插圖,非常適合想前往該地旅遊,卻不知道有那些重要景點該參訪的大朋友閱讀。

Even though this series of books are grouped under children's reading, I believe they can also serve as tourist guide books. Unlike most of the guidebooks which introduce tourist attractions with pictures, this series invites different illustrators to draw the attractions. Each picture comes with a short paragraph of introduction, which tells the reader the most important information about that travel sight. I would recommend these books as introduction to those worldly-known tourist attractions especially for those who are going to visit such place yet not knowing where are must-visits.

拉開後全圖
panoramic view
我實在超級想把每一本都帶回家,很想要擁有一整套作為收藏品,但是全部買下去實在有點貴...最後只帶了羅馬回家跟倫敦作伴,不過我覺得我大概會每次去書店都帶一本回家吧(那這樣跟一次買齊有甚麼兩樣?哈哈)

I really want to take them all! But it's a little bit expensive...so I only took Rome home. However I think I'll purchase one at a time every time I visit the bookstore, and ended up collecting all of them! LOL.