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Richard Scarry (1919–1994)

Author of Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things that Go

812+ Works 37,896 Members 267 Reviews 27 Favorited

About the Author

Richard Scarry Born on June 5, 1919 in Boston. He attended Boston's Museum of Fine Arts School, studying art from 1939 to 1942. He served in the army as an art director, editor, and writer of information publications in North Africa and Italy. After the war Scarry worked in New York as a free-lance show more illustrator. His first book, Two Little Miners, was published in 1949, followed by five other children's books, published by Simon and Schuster in the same year. He worked throughout the 50's illustrating books done by various authors, usually for Golden Press. In 1963 he made his breakthrough with Richard Scarry's Best World Book Ever. The large-format book sold seven million copies in twelve years. He also illustrated several books written by J.D. Bevington. After twenty years with Golden Books, Scarry decided to move to Ramdom House. Scarry published over 300 books with total sales of 300 million worldwide, more than any other author. Richard Scarry died in his home in Gstaad on April 30, 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Richard Scarry

The Early Bird (1968) 431 copies
The Bunny Book (Look-Look) (1965) 392 copies
The Firefighter's Busy Day (1997) 219 copies
Miss Honey's Busy Day (1997) 205 copies
Sergeant Murphy's Busy Day (1997) 195 copies
Richard Scarry's My House (1976) 174 copies
Humperdink's Busy Day (1997) 171 copies
Rabbit and His Friends (1953) 153 copies
Best Balloon Ride Ever (1800) 151 copies
Richard Scarry's At Work (1975) 137 copies
Richard Scarry's Early Words (1976) 134 copies
Richard Scarry's On Vacation (1976) 103 copies
Richard Scarry's Color Book (1976) 98 copies
All Year Long (Look-Look) (1976) 92 copies
Best Lowly Worm Book Ever! (2013) 86 copies
Richard Scarry's Boats (1991) 80 copies
Lowly Worm Joins the Circus (1900) 79 copies
Richard Scarry's Trucks (2006) 62 copies
Mr. Paint Pig's ABCs (2000) 62 copies
Richard Scarry's Trains (1991) 62 copies
Mother Cat's Busy Day (1997) 60 copies
Richard Scarry's Dr. Doctor (1988) 58 copies
Richard Scarry's In My Town (1976) 58 copies
Father Cat's Busy Day (1997) 58 copies
Richard Scarry's This is Me (2008) 53 copies
Get Up and Go! (2010) 52 copies
Mr. Gronkle's Busy Day (1997) 50 copies
Richard Scarry's Little ABC (1971) 50 copies
I Know My Opposites! (2012) 48 copies
What Animals Do (1963) 43 copies
I Know My Colors (2011) 40 copies
The Great Pie Robbery (1969) 38 copies
Tinker and Tanker (1960) 30 copies
One to Ten (Look-Look) (1994) 22 copies
Storytime (1976) 19 copies
Oceans and Other Fun Things (1998) 16 copies
Mr. Frumble's ABC (1998) 12 copies
Mijn eerste groot leesboek (1989) 12 copies
Smokey's Fire Engine (1999) 11 copies
All About Us! Jigsaw Book (2007) 11 copies
Our Favourite Colours (2010) 9 copies
I Know My Shapes (2012) 8 copies
My nursery tale book (1964) — Illustrator — 8 copies
Mr. Fixit's Mix-Ups (1998) 7 copies
Noisiest Day Ever! (1996) 7 copies
Suzy's Holiday (1976) 7 copies
Richard Scarry's Play Day (1982) 7 copies
Chicken Little (Disneyland Record and Book #209) (1960) — Illustrator — 6 copies
The Pig Family 5 copies
A Very Busy Town (2006) 5 copies
Pickle Pig's First Words (2010) 5 copies
I Know My Numbers (2012) 5 copies
A Very Busy School (2006) 4 copies
Can You Count? (1979) 4 copies
Leuke woordjes 3 copies
Mix or Match Story Book (1980) 3 copies
Le più belle fiabe (2007) 3 copies
Op vakantie 3 copies
A Very Busy Journey (2006) 3 copies
Busy Colours (Mini books) (1999) 3 copies
Colors 3 copies
The Fables Of La Fontaine (1963) 3 copies
ABC (1976) 3 copies
Work and Play Book (1979) 3 copies
Lek og Lær (1998) 3 copies
Amici di scuola (2013) 3 copies
Animaux (2011) 2 copies
Iloinen ilmakirja (2008) 2 copies
Lowly Worm's ABC (2018) 2 copies
Mis amigos los animales (1983) 2 copies
Npp R.scarry's Low.worm (1990) 2 copies
Tea ja tunne (1996) 2 copies
Tio Willie y los piratas (1980) 2 copies
Iloiset leikit 2 copies
Iloiset nallet 2 copies
Le Grand vocabulaire (1971) 2 copies
Uusi iloinen sanakirja (1990) 2 copies
Touhulan väkeä (2010) 2 copies
Gorod dobryh del (2014) 2 copies
Best fairytales ever! (1992) 2 copies
Animaux en ribambelle : (1967) 2 copies
Om oss en hel dag (1975) 2 copies
Les métiers (1977) 2 copies
Planes and Boats (1969) 2 copies
tous les metiers (1977) 2 copies
Mijn leuk leesboek (1984) 2 copies
Mestieri [Import anglais] (1992) 2 copies
Kotona 2 copies
Les trois souhaits (1979) 2 copies
Ville laskee sataan (1977) 2 copies
Off We Go! (1976) 2 copies
Les trois petits cochons (1979) 2 copies
Mr. Frumble's Pickle Car (1998) 2 copies
Ka To Sauc 2 copies
Contes Classiques (1981) 2 copies
Ich male gerne (1991) 2 copies
When I grow up (1976) 2 copies
Meid koulu (2008) 2 copies
Min store bog om luft (1973) 2 copies
Summer Tales (1967) 2 copies
Viele Farben 1 copy
Nursery Rhymes (1993) 1 copy
Idiomes en imatges. 2 (1980) 1 copy
Knizhka pro mashinki (2013) 1 copy
Mein kleines ABC (1989) 1 copy
Värikirja 1 copy
Fyrsta Ordabokin Min (1998) 1 copy
BIGGEST BUMPER BK EVER (1988) 1 copy
In der Schule (1997) 1 copy
In My Town 1 copy
Lowly Worms 123 (2018) 1 copy
Io faccio... (1992) 1 copy
Giochi (1992) 1 copy
4 Busy Day Storybooks (1997) 1 copy
Iloisia eläimiä (1976) 1 copy
Tehdään työtä (1976) 1 copy
Tunne värve (1996) 1 copy
Laevad (1996) 1 copy
Parole importanti (1983) 1 copy
Retki maalle (1976) 1 copy
Vivere a Felicitta (1998) 1 copy
Dentro e fuori (1984) 1 copy
Mato Matalan numerot (2008) 1 copy
Kom så leker vi! (1976) 1 copy
Busytown Win (1996) 1 copy
Trabajando (1983) 1 copy
Oma koti, paras koti (2010) 1 copy
Katten som fiskade (1975) 1 copy
Oj, vilken dag! (1976) 1 copy
Lowly Worm's Bath Book (1984) 1 copy
Mein erstes Lexikon (1990) 1 copy
Tel je mee? 1 copy
Nei-Gris er umulig (2009) 1 copy
Leer y reir (1981) 1 copy
The Book 1 copy
Ya se leer (1981) 1 copy
Aprender y Reir (1981) 1 copy
Hazlo tú mismo (1980) 1 copy
Les Trois Ours (1991) 1 copy
De geheime tocht (2009) 1 copy
Busy Busy Sticker Book (1988) 1 copy
Hier rührt sich was! (1990) 1 copy
Mijn leuk platenboek (1977) 1 copy
De boerderij (1989) 1 copy
Lowly Worm (1979) 1 copy
Min lille ABC ordbog (2005) 1 copy
Skibe (1972) 1 copy
Min store tællebog (2003) 1 copy
Ihan oikeat nimet (1991) 1 copy
Stories to Colour (1979) 1 copy
Huset mitt (1976) 1 copy
Min lille tællebog (2005) 1 copy
Tutto Ruote 1 copy

Associated Works

I Am a Bunny (1963) — Illustrator — 1,375 copies
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1958) — Illustrator — 1,298 copies
Good Night, Little Bear (Little Golden Book) (1983) — Illustrator — 687 copies
Richard Scarry's Chipmunk's ABC (1963) — Illustrator — 482 copies
The Animals of Farmer Jones (1942) — Illustrator, some editions — 449 copies
An Edward Lear Alphabet (1952) — Illustrator, some editions — 247 copies
The Animals' Merry Christmas (1950) — Illustrator — 246 copies
My Little Golden Book of Manners (1962) — Illustrator — 219 copies
Richard Scarry's Just for Fun (1960) — Illustrator — 215 copies
Smokey the Bear (1955) — Illustrator — 131 copies
Duck and His Friends (1949) — Illustrator — 127 copies
Tommy Visits the Doctor (1962) — Illustrator — 117 copies
Best in Children's Books 07 (1958) — Illustrator — 90 copies
Best in Children's Books 29 (1960) — Illustrator — 89 copies
Best in Children's Books 25 (1959) — Illustrator — 81 copies
Best in Children's Books 33 (1960) — Illustrator — 74 copies
Best in Children's Books 26 (1959) — Illustrator — 68 copies
Best in Children's Books 36 (1960) — Illustrator — 59 copies
Best in Children's Books 40 (1960) — Illustrator, some editions — 54 copies
The Party Pig (1954) — Illustrator — 29 copies
Chicken Little (A Little Golden Book) (1960) — Illustrator — 26 copies
My Little Golden Dictionary (1949) — Illustrator — 24 copies
Brave Cowboy Bill (1950) — Illustrator — 24 copies
Richard Scarry's Chuckle with Huckle! (2005) — Illustrator — 22 copies
Little Indian (A Little Golden Book) (1954) — Illustrator — 21 copies
Two Little Miners (1949) — Illustrator — 21 copies
Danny Beaver's Secret (1953) — Illustrator — 20 copies
Here Comes the Parade (1951) — Illustrator — 14 copies
Big and Little Creatures (1961) — Illustrator — 14 copies
Pierre Bear (1955) — Illustrator — 13 copies
Little Benny Wanted a Pony (1950) — Illustrator — 11 copies
Albert's Zoo: A Stencil Book (1951) — Illustrator — 11 copies
Winky Dink A Little Golden Book (1956) — Illustrator — 7 copies
Smokey the Bear (Disneyland Record and Book #215) (1955) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Firemen and Fire Engines Stamps (1959) — Illustrator — 4 copies
The Golden Treasure Book (1951) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Golden A B C Book (1962) — Illustrator — 2 copies

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Small book that is nice for travel. Mx was obsessed for this book for a while (condition of book shows it was well loved). We now have it in an ER kit at school b/c, while we hope there is no need to use it, it will bring lots of entertainment while taking up very little space. Ms likes, just not as much as Mx.
 
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Mx2018 | 5 other reviews | Feb 4, 2024 |
This has large two page spreads illustrating various industries with jobs. It has animals wearing clothes doing all the jobs, so a child can imagine themself in any role instead of picking the pic that looks like them.

So... I actually had gotten the original edition, which is unabridged, and it's really expensive if the seller knows what it is. Random House had reduced the number of pages over years in order to keep the price point the same, eventually going from around 90 to around 60 pages. For anyone looking for the extra pages, the British edition currently in print has different missing pages and it has the house wife and sewage treatment plant pages. So, if you want all pages, you practically can get the American edition and the British edition and between the two of them, get all the pages, which is much cheaper than trying to get an unabridged early print of this. Also, the best way to get these rare editions is to buy on eBay and look at photos of the cover illustration, and wait until one comes up in a lot where the seller does not know that that one is rare.… (more)
 
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