Richard Scarry's Find Your ABCs
by Richard Scarry
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With the help of the reader, two detectives search for the letters of the alphabet.Tags
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Sam and Dudley put on their disguises to go search for the letters of the alphabet.
This book is full of classic Richard Scarry illustrations, almost cluttering every page spread with tons of details. Many items on each page are labeled, inviting children to look for a specific letter of the alphabet. It thus encourages interaction and letter recognition.
In theory this is all great, but I haven't read this with a child yet who sustains interest for the entirety of the book. (Indeed, I'm not sure that I've made it through the whole book yet ... nor do I have interest to do so!) There is just too much going on for each page and young kids tire out of the task at hand before getting halfway through the alphabet. I haven't read it with older show more kids (7+) yet, but I imagine that they might find this "babyish" as they already know their alphabet backwards and forwards. show less
This book is full of classic Richard Scarry illustrations, almost cluttering every page spread with tons of details. Many items on each page are labeled, inviting children to look for a specific letter of the alphabet. It thus encourages interaction and letter recognition.
In theory this is all great, but I haven't read this with a child yet who sustains interest for the entirety of the book. (Indeed, I'm not sure that I've made it through the whole book yet ... nor do I have interest to do so!) There is just too much going on for each page and young kids tire out of the task at hand before getting halfway through the alphabet. I haven't read it with older show more kids (7+) yet, but I imagine that they might find this "babyish" as they already know their alphabet backwards and forwards. show less
A great alphabet book where the letters are in search form. Each letter is in upper and lower case all located in the Richard Scarry town we have all grown to know over the years. A good way to get children looking and not trying to turn the page right away. Not your classic alphabet book.
Scarry has always been a favorite of my kids growing up, but we had never gotten to this book. Like many of his other works, it is replete with details and a reader could easily spend a long time on each page finding words and images. Sam the Cat and Dudley the Pig are detectives in this particular book and the reader is invited to join in searching for various alphabet words. Scarry fans will enjoy seeing familiar characters from other books.Originally published in 1973, this is a true classic.
This book is not your typical alphabet book- it asks children to find the letters on each page. Pictures of all sorts of things (within relevent scenes) are labeled with the letter in question highlighted in red whenever it appears on the page- including in the middle of words- except for one upper case and one lower case version of each letter. I really loved this book, because unlike most alphabet books, the letters don't appear exclusively at the beginnings of words.
A great classic.
A great classic.
Sam and Dudley are detectives, and they need help finding the letters of the alphabet. After finding them, they make a wonderful alphabet soup!
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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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