Richard Scarry's Best Rainy Day Book Ever [Paperback]

Richard Scarry (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Richard Scarry’s Best Rainy Day Book Ever has been delighting young Scarry fans for 30 years—and it is now available for a whole new generation. There are more than 500 wonderful things to make, play, and color. With just a few simple materials—and this book—children can keep themselves entertained for hours and hours!
Richard Scarry has thrilled generations of children with his whimsical drawings and characters.

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Richard Scarry’s Best Rainy Day Book Ever has been delighting young Scarry fans for 30 years—and it is now available for a whole new generation. There are more than 500 wonderful things to make, play, and color. With just a few simple materials—and this book—children can keep themselves entertained for hours and hours!
Richard Scarry has thrilled generations of children with his whimsical drawings and characters.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books (December 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037582927X
• ISBN-13: 978-0375829277
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.4 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #868,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Scarry is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER!
His books are always filled with fun, and always filled with fun pictures
which children can pour over again and again and again.
His books have sold many millions of copies around the world, and are
currently published in over twenty languages.
Richard Scarry was born in Boston, Massachussetts in 1919. He was
married to Patricia Scarry, also a children's writer. Their son Huck
carries-on Richard Scarry's work today.
Richard Scarry passed away at his home of Gstaad, Switzerland in 1994.
Whenever asked how old he was, he would always put up one hand and
laugh: " Five!" . And he was always right !

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful but Abridged!, August 25, 2006

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This review is from: Richard Scarry's Best Rainy Day Book Ever (Paperback)

Though this activity book is just wonderful and full of great crafting and learning acitivities, it is an abridged version of the book we loved when we were kids. The book, organized around the 12 number-it-yourself calendar pages, includes seasonal connect the dots, a paper village to color and build, paperdolls, paper airplanes to fold, greeting cards, Valentines, and bookmarks. The Christmas activities are missing altogether.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kept us busy for days!, August 25, 2005

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Synnabar "never stop learning!" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richard Scarry's Best Rainy Day Book Ever (Paperback)

When my sister, brother and I were little, my parents bought us this book. I'm so glad to see it again! Not only did it keep us busy for hours, it kept us busy for DAYS! We kept going back to it; there was so much to do! Plus, it was great for our different age ranges - there were coloring pages for younger children, and lots of things to cut out and put together for children old enough to use scissors and glue (or tape). Best of all, even after we'd done everything, we were inspired to adapt the projects in our own way - such as, design and make our own paper airplanes or notecards based on the projects in the book. Definitely a must-have! Wonderful illustrations, too. The only thing I'd recommend is buying one for each child!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A winner!, March 18, 2005

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exiledcal (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richard Scarry's Best Rainy Day Book Ever (Paperback)

This was a great purchase for my 6-year-old son. With children, you really never know what is going to be a hit or a miss when you spend money on books and toys. I'm happy to report that this activity book was worth every penny, keeping my son busy and interested for hours on end.