Customer Reviews

Richard Scarry's Biggest Word Book Ever!

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This is the greatest book! I have taught 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade and have always had this book in my classroom. It is great for vocabulary building and just a fun way to get kids interested in books. My students of all ages gave it lots of wear, and it is still in good shape for my son to enjoy. He is now 18 months and ever since he was about 9 months has loved to sit on it and pat the pictures and now he is starting to name different things. It's really unique because of it's giant size (about 1.5'X2') and thick cardboard pages. I think it is well worth the price for the amout of enjoyment and wear you will get out of it! What a great gift too.

My husband has 7 godchildren, and this book is one of the "standard" gifts that we send to them. They love the BIG size--the book is usually bigger than them, and the size makes it an extra-fun gift to receive. Naturally, the kids also love all of the Richard Scarry details on each page!

If I could give this book a Ten star rating, I would. My son received this as a gift for his first birthday. He has spent hours pouring over the pictures. At first he would crawl on top of it, now he places it upright on the floor and reads it. Each page has a different theme i.e. home, airport, town. It is true to Scarry's style and has each word next to the picture. My son is two and half and adores the big book. My seven month old loves it too. We are about to invest in a second one as it is very well loved.

my son got this book when he was about 9 monthes old and spent hours sitting inside it looking at the pictures and by a year old could point to everything in every picture when asked to identify them. all of the richard scarry books were the greatest books for building an extensive vocabulary in him. now, at nine years, he never stops talking.

My child is 21 months old and just adores this book. The size is great. I also like that it is a board book, as they can sit on the book and point things out and I'm not worried about it being destroyed like paper pages. I have seen a lot of improvement in word development since buying it; my child is proud to tell me what things are. The only very minor thing I didn't like was that some of the pictures are of fictitious things, so they will have to learn later on that there is no such thing as say a "pencil car." But besides that, I am very glad I made this purchase. I see it having worth for years to come, as my child progresses to actually reading the words on the pages.

I purchased this book for my grandson after we discovered it in our local library. Every time we read it, we discover something new we haven't seen before. He absolutely loves it and so do I. It's a great and unusual gift.

This is a great book for toddlers and preschoolers, it's as big as they are and chock full of Scarry's signature illustrations. Even though this book is tall, it is very thin and slides behind a toychest or headboard easily.

I see everybody has already written how great this book is, but I had to add my praises! We've had this book for about 4 years now and it has held up so well. The size is so much fun! My kids like to put it on the floor and gather around it and look at it together. I think it really encourages sharing and cooperative play. They like to play "I Spy" with it as well. Super book, very worth the money.

This was Richard Scarry's last book, and definitely one of the best. Small children love the size, as it is frequently bigger than them! Being a board book it is dificult to damage and will provide many hours of entertainment. It is a great introduction to the other books.

I first found this book at the library, then had to have it for home. My children love to look at it-even the littlest would crawl over to sit on it. I've bought it as a gift for more children than I can count!!