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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 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) — biography from Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things that Go… (more)
Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever! 1,720 copies, 17 reviews
Richard Scarry's Find Your ABCs 495 copies, 6 reviews
Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town 495 copies, 5 reviews
Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World 436 copies, 3 reviews
The Early Bird 392 copies, 4 reviews
The Bunny Book (Look-Look) 365 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry’s Pie Rats Ahoy! 306 copies, 3 reviews
Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book 272 copies, 2 reviews
Splish, Splash Sounds (Look-Look) 203 copies, 3 reviews
Richard Scarry's Mouse's House 192 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry's Things to Love 171 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry's My House 166 copies, 2 reviews
Humperdink's Busy Day 158 copies, 2 reviews
Richard Scarry's Naughty Bunny 158 copies, 2 reviews
Richard Scarry's Early Words 131 copies, 2 reviews
Richard Scarry's Short and Tall 123 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry's Things to Know 121 copies, 2 reviews
Richard Scarry's On Vacation 96 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry's Mother Goose 66 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry's Trains 60 copies, 1 review
Mr. Paint Pig's ABCs 59 copies, 2 reviews
Get Up and Go! 49 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry's In My Town 49 copies, 1 review
Mr. Gronkle's Busy Day 46 copies, 1 review
Mr. Frumble's Worst Day Ever! 37 copies, 1 review
What Animals Do 37 copies
Richard Scarry's Silly Stories 35 copies, 1 review
Storytime 19 copies
Richard Scarry's Pop-Up Colors 17 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry Scratch & Sniff 16 copies, 1 review
My nursery tale book (Illustrator) 8 copies
ABC 3 copies
Colors 3 copies
Lek og Lær 3 copies
Op vakantie 3 copies
Les métiers 2 copies
Animaux 2 copies
Kotona 2 copies
Ka To Sauc 2 copies
Summer Tales 2 copies
Les trois petits cochons 2 copies, 1 review
Off We Go! 2 copies
Värikirja 1 copy
Meid koulu 1 copy
In My Town 1 copy
Laevad 1 copy
Ya se leer 1 copy
The Book 1 copy
Trabajando 1 copy
Skibe 1 copy
Mein kleines Wörterbuch 1 copy, 1 review
Lowly Worm 1 copy
Huset mitt 1 copy
I am a Bunny (Illustrator) 1,248 copies, 14 reviews
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Illustrator) 1,164 copies, 6 reviews
Good Night, Little Bear (Little Golden Book) (Illustrator) 639 copies, 4 reviews
Richard Scarry's Chipmunk's ABC (Illustrator) 445 copies, 3 reviews
The Animals of Farmer Jones (Illustrator, some editions) 430 copies, 2 reviews
An Edward Lear Alphabet (Illustrator, some editions) 239 copies, 12 reviews
The Animals' Merry Christmas (Illustrator) 208 copies, 1 review
My Little Golden Book of Manners (Illustrator) 207 copies, 1 review
Richard Scarry's Just for Fun (Illustrator) 193 copies
Smokey the Bear (Illustrator) 124 copies, 2 reviews
Duck and His Friends (Illustrator) 115 copies
Tommy Visits the Doctor (Illustrator) 112 copies, 1 review
Best in Children's Books 29 (Illustrator) 74 copies
Best in Children's Books 07 (Illustrator) 73 copies
Best in Children's Books 25 (Illustrator) 72 copies
Best in Children's Books 33 (Illustrator) 65 copies
Best in Children's Books 26 (Illustrator) 60 copies
Best in Children's Books 36 (Illustrator) 46 copies
Best in Children's Books 40 (Illustrator, some editions) 46 copies
The Party Pig (Illustrator) 26 copies
Brave Cowboy Bill (Illustrator) 24 copies, 1 review
My Little Golden Dictionary (Illustrator) 22 copies
Little Indian (Illustrator) 21 copies
Danny Beaver's Secret (Illustrator) 19 copies
Two Little Miners (Illustrator) 19 copies
Here Comes the Parade (Illustrator) 14 copies
Pierre Bear (Illustrator) 13 copies
Big and Little Creatures (Illustrator) 12 copies
Albert's Zoo: A Stencil Book (Illustrator) 11 copies
Little Benny Wanted a Pony (Illustrator) 11 copies, 1 review
Winky Dink A Little Golden Book (Illustrator) 5 copies
Firemen and Fire Engines Stamps (Illustrator) 4 copies
The Golden Treasure Book (Illustrator) 3 copies
Golden A B C Book (Illustrator) 2 copies
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