Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town
by Richard Scarry
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It's a fine morning in Busytown. Everyone is rushing to work. Let's see where they're going.Tags
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An absolutely adorable book with charming illustrations. Loved this as a kid.
I remember Richard Scarry from my childhood. They still hold up. My toddler loves the intricate pictures.
This book takes the reader throughout a town of people getting ready to start another busy day in Busytown. This would be a wonderful book for a unit on community helpers! It lists several characters with different jobs throughout Busytown. For more on this author and lesson plan ideas, parents and teachers should visit www.randomhouse.com/kids/richardscarry.
I remember enjoying this series of books as a television show as a child. Although I enjoyed the television seriess for me personally I found this book hard to connect with and after I could not connect with the book I found it long and hard to read. http://www.krey.org is not the official site but it has a lot of information on Scarry's books such as character lists. I could not find an official websit for this author.
FP-N, city, animals, cars, trucks, busy, funny
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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, show more 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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- Canonical title
- Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town
- Original publication date
- 1994
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- Chinese, English, German, Korean
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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