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Scarry began his career as a freelance illustrator, drawing pictures to accompany the text of books by children’s authors such as Margaret Wise Brown, Kathryn Jackson, and Patricia Murphy (who became Patricia Scarry when she married Richard in 1949). His first two efforts at writing his own books, The Great Big Car and Truck Book (1951) and Rabbit and His Friends (1953), already suggest some of his interests as an author: travel, technology, and talking animals.
But it was the 1963 publication of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever that put Scarry on bestseller lists, and established his signature style. Its densely packed pages are populated by anthropomorphic animals at work and play, in drawings that reward multiple readings with details children (and parents) may not notice at first glance. The large-format book contains over 1400 illustrated and labeled objects, along with simple introductions to concepts like sharing and helping.
In Busy, Busy World (1965), Scarry's animals star in a series of international adventures in such far-flung locales as Paris, Rome, and Algeria. Well before multiculturalism was an educational buzzword, Scarry believed he could use animals to help children imaginatively enter others' experiences. In a Publishers Weekly interview, he explained that "children can identify more closely with pictures of animals than they can with pictures of another child. They see an illustration of a blond girl or a dark-haired boy, who they know is somebody other than themselves, and competition creeps in. With imagination -- and children all have marvelous imagination -- they can easily identify with an anteater who is a painter or a goat who is an Indian."
Though Scarry soon abandoned exotic settings in favor of the fictional Busytown, he continued to illustrate different roles in society with cherubic critters like Postman Pig, Huckle Cat, Sergeant Murphy, and Lowly Worm. Once he had developed a cast of characters, he introduced them into everything from picture dictionaries and activity books to mystery stories and manners lessons.
Scarry's books, which have sold over 100 million copies and been translated into 30 languages, always reflected his own curiosity about the world. "Wherever I go, I'm watching," he liked to say. "Even on vacation, when I'm in an airport or a railroad station, I look around, snap pictures, and find out how people do things." In relating his discoveries to children, he expanded not only their vocabularies, but their understanding of the "busy world" as a social community in which people work, play, cooperate and share.
Richard Scarry's son Huck Scarry is also a writer and illustrator of children's books, including some new additions to the Busytown series. His nickname matches that of the title character in one of his father's favorite books, Huckleberry Finn.
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Posted December 27, 2010
nnot able to read it on nook....error message not supported by this device!! or you already own it but is not appearing in the library of the nook....but in my bandn library!!
21 out of 24 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 29, 2010
im having trouble downloading from my library.it also states that i already own it.it shows in online library but cant transfer to nook???????/very frustrating
12 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.This was on my new NOOKcolor and it is really neat. The book on it's own is a classic reminder of characters that were very special to my childhood and I am delighted to be able to share them in my daughter's childhood. Specifically talking about the nookbook version this is pretty awesome. Not only is it color but you can flip pages with a swipe of a finger. Even AppleBlossom can do it, although right now she is going backward in the story, but I think she will get it quite soon. No pages to worry about being ripped Out! I love how you can have the story read to you from the device, but also you can go through at you own pace with a learning reader and have each line read separately on demand. Now that is useful and Cool! Richard Scarry is always educational, but this book is also fun with tons of examples of what is red and grey and more. I'm really excited about adding more of his books to my shelf both physically and virtually.
Ps this review was typed in goodreads by my full web browser on my NOOKcolor. *grin*
9 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 15, 2011
Cannot access! Tells me not supported on my device & not sure why
7 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 29, 2010
says i own but i dont thats probably why its listed as free
6 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 7, 2011
Cannot get this book to download directly from my nooncolor or from the B&N website... It was on the nookcolor I got to demo... cannot download any free childrens books and I would really like to try some out with my daughter.. keeps saying the book isnt supported on my device. any suggestions??
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 29, 2010
cannot download!!!!!!
4 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 29, 2010
I'mm having the same problem as many others are. online it says that i own this book but i cannot get it on my nook color. please help!
4 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 27, 2010
cannot tell if it is great or not, cannot download on nookcolor
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Posted December 23, 2010
Tried to download but was told its not supported by my device after going to store and buying it!
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Posted February 12, 2012
I dont like this book. It is not very helpful with learning about colors. The references to colors are very vauge. I mean, oranges are orange and so is orange juice. It is very litteral. I do not like this bok
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 26, 2011
are u people serious this book is TERRIBLE font waste your time!!!!!!!""!!"!
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Posted January 17, 2011
why wont it download??? I have one which is another free picture book called the twelve hidden days of christmas but this one and the elephnt's child are not loading
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 26, 2010
it says I have already purchased it but I have not. It will not let me download. Too bad.
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Posted January 11, 2011
I'm sorry I bothered to download it as I am unable to read it on my nook, it is only able to be read by the nook color.
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Posted December 26, 2010
Everytime i tried to download this book it gave me an error and said for me to check my library. Too bad !
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Posted May 9, 2012
My preschooler is verry happy 2 learn his colors.
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Posted May 2, 2012
Great way to introduce kids to nook for free.
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Posted March 14, 2012
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYHYYYY ;)
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Posted February 26, 2012
Not a very good book. Its quite random & not good for reading to a child.
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Overview
Have more fun with your NOOK BOOK-Now with READALOUD and POPUP text! With art by Richard Scarry, you know this is going to be more than your average color concept book: it educates and entertains too! Bright and fun to look at, it offers plenty of amusement and action on every page. And as they're enjoying the lively pictures, toddlers will learn some simple color basics in the most delightful way.