This is an educational book called "Incredible Inventions". It's meant to be a fun read about all sorts of interesting things people invented from ancient to modern times.

You can see DaVinci down there, while someone wears an old VR Helmet. But look at the page on video games! Who do they choose to represent it (aside from pac man) but Sonic! It's the same stock art of him, but it appears on a 2 page spread, as well as on the back of the book. The article is mostly about Pong, but the caption says: "From Pac-Man to Sonic, video game design has leaped forward", Nice to see the page headline "Pure Genius" where Sonic's the biggest thing on the page...someone was clearly a fan!