Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever!

Richard Scarry's books are a treat.
You can get lost in the beautiful and wonderfully detailed illustrations.
His worlds are alive, and vibrant, as few artists are able to bring to paper.
As a child I had some of these stories collected in separate books.
My favourite was Harry and Larry the Fishermen.
When an illustrated book manages to really catch a child's rapt attention and immagination the experience becomes almost synesthetic, doesn't it? Objects are almost felt by one's reaching hands and all but attain a weight of their own. Foods that one has never tasted acquire a mythical flavor that real life will never mach or be able to compete with; and so, little me found herself in a harbour of a northern sea watching tugboats on the horizon.

I recommend this book all the time. It is a wonderful book for a child to grow with. It has everything from the alphabet and colors to easy reading stories to bedtime stories to read to the little ones. Good to carry everywhere for those times when the kids are getting cranky. Lots to occupy their busy minds.

Gotta say, my children loved this more than I did, though there were some fun things in it. Some of the illustrations are very fine, others are not so fine, just so-so. Some stories are instructional, others are just silly fun.

I believe this is one of the best story books ever written. I highly recommend this book to children of all ages.

I LOVED this collection of stories and gags as a child.

A cute book that any child should have an easy and fun time reading.

A selected sampling of Scarry's work from his various Golden Books.