Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks from A to Z

by Richard Scarry

Overview

Illustrated in full color. This car-and- truck-filled alphabet extravaganza that starts with an ambulance and ends with a zippercar, is shaped like Lowly Worm's applemobile.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679806639
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	10/03/1990
Series:	Chunky Book Series
Pages:	22
Sales rank:	6,807
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 3.88(h) x 0.52(d)
Lexile:	AD370L (what's this?)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Richard Scarry is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours pouring over his books filled with all the colorful details of their daily lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Whenever he was asked how old he was, Scarry would always put up one hand and laugh, saying, "five!"

In his extraordinary career, Richard Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages. Richard Scarry's son, Huck, carries on his father's work today. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Society of Illustrators in 2012.

Date of Birth:

June 5, 1919

Date of Death:

April 30, 1994

Place of Birth:

Boston, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Gstaad, Switzerland

Education:

Boston Museum School of Fine Art

Website:

http://www.scarry.com