Paris, London and New York

Of the three cities spotlighted in Carlton/Andre Deutsch Book’s Paperscapes Books That Transform Into Cityscapes, I visited New York City when I was ten years old.

My best friend: Eddie McCain’s father was a truck driver. Eddie and I were invited along when he drove up the East Coast of the U.S. to Maine and followed the Saint Lawrence Seaway back and then through New York City.

It was night when we arrived and pulled into a wharf warehouse.  I remember seeing The Empire State Building and The Statue of Liberty--the rest was a blur.

I’ve always wanted to visit Europe and the British Isles, in particular London (because my ancestry hails from that area) and France to visit The City of Lights: Paris-primarily for the art museums.

New York, London and Paris are all represented in a trio of books.

Each book presents 50 key and historical locations/structures along with informative text about each.  It’s a great way to learn the history of each city accompanied with illustrations,

Each illustration can be ’popped out’ of its page by following the perforated lines.  Once complete the location/building stand out in silhouetted relief unencumbered by the page that once surrounded them.

The result is illustrations that cleverly highlight each important location/building.

Not only is each book fun to read and look at, once the images are liberated from their surrounding page’s paper they make great display pieces and objects of conversation.

All three are headed straight to my library for safekeeping.