Richard Scarry's Great Big Air Book
by Richard Scarry
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The animals learn how they depend on air to fly airplanes, dry laundry, blow out birthday candles, inflate tires, and do many other things.Tags
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I'm not always crazy about Richard Scary books, but this one is brilliant. He has all his nutty little things going, but he just happens to slide in the explanations of how birds fly, how lift works to make airplanes fly, how jet engines work and a detailed little bit on traveling to the moon and back. Also, there are several small self-contained stories. So it's easy for my 4-yr-old daughter to pick a favorite chapter. I highly recommend this one.
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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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