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Illus. in full color. Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food.

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Random House Books for Young Readers
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March 12, 1968
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0394818237
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers; Abridged edition (March 12, 1968)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0394818237
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394818238
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 4 years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 0.38 x 12.75 inches

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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 poring 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. For himself, 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, Jr., also an illustrator, carries on his father's work today under the name of Huck Scarry. He was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Society of Illustrators in 2012.

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ZZ

Even better than busy town

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2013

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My son (2 yo) started with Busy Town and liked it a lot. But when he read this one, Busy town becomes of less priority. Because this one is not only just one page per scenario but one story per job. Things are flowing, very dynamic. He got a much better sense of how things are handled and where they come from and where they go. This book makes Busy town(also very good, of course) more like a word book. There are certainly some jobs that people no longer do in such old fashion ways. However it is a plus for us. Because, although more sophisticated machines are invented and you can just push a button, the basic mechanism are still the same -- and with machine done all the jobs you as people have not idea how all the things are done. In this book, jobs are dissected step by step and are done by people -- not one big black box and thus the young reader easily see how things work. For example, in "where bread comes from", the author goes from how wheat is harvested to the baking bread in an oven. It is a very charming process for young child -- my son loves the journey of the wheat. Not just buying bread flour in grocery and dumping things in the bread machine -- although he also loves looking into the bread machine and looking at the robotic arm swirling everything:)

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delightful book for curious children (and adults)

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2011

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Richard Scarry, aside form being a masterful, playful illustrator, has a knack for explaining things in a visual way.
Three examples of favorite stories in this book that you may really like too:

* The ocean liner with all its cabins, cranes, steering, rudder-controls, and storage holds. The whole thing is drawn as a cut-through so we can see all the goings-on inside. The flowers delivered to mom's cabin. The boo-boo cared for in the sick room. The humor everywhere.

* Building a house: The little boy Huckle, when he's missing playmates, watches the empty lot next door turn into a place of excavation machines digging, then waterlines, sewer pipes, walls are built, wires, floors, heating system, roof and 11 different phones installed ... a house is taking shape before his eyes (and ours). After the last painter is done, and paid, a quadruple-decker bus pulls up with a BIG family of playmates for Huckle.

* Another favorite: Forestry: from seeding and saplings to logging, floating logs on the river, carpentry and papermaking... and oh, all those delicious and intricate gears and levers that transfer the power of the water wheel to all the chipping, hauling and sawing machines inside the saw mill! Follow the little arrows, and see which wheel turns which way!

My young curious lego-builder has loved this book since age 3 or 4, and still does.
This book fascinates and charms with it's subtle humor and cleverly drawn explanations of everyday life.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2011

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We all love Richard Scarry's books and I wanted to make a couple of other recommendations: check out this title on Amazon.com 'Around the World with Mouk by Marc Boutavant': we love MOUK and we are so happy that this title is now available in English! And if you love books with a positive message you will be madly in love with another French character 'Barbapapa'! Barbapapa (meaning Cotton Candy in French) is both the title character, and name of the "species" of said character, of a series of children's books written in the 1970s by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who resided in Paris, France. You can still purchase the books and DVD's in Europe (or through Amazon.fr - available in French or Amazon.co.jp with DVD's available in French/English/Japanese, make sure to get a multi-region DVD player). The story is always educational and there is always a message: to protect the earth, the animals, nature. One of the most positive books for children ever created! Barbapapa was and still is a huge hit in France, Belgium and Japan. Unfortunately, Barbapapa was never really distributed in the USA. If you want to bring up your children with a positive and peaceful message, you should give Barbapapa a try! One of the most undiscovered gems in children's literature. Barbapapa is the best!

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Excellent Packaging and Shipping

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2023

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55 year old collectable book in pristine condition. Careful packaging and quick delivery. Top-tier amazon book seller. Highly recommended.

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Scarry never fails to please

Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2017

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As always, Scarry never fails to please! Quality, perfection, clarity, his books are always an excellent choice! I bought his books for my children, my nieces & nephews and now my grandbabies. We have both recycled and purchased both new and used... Scarry's books will never "go out of style" or become outdated, quality language skills never do! Toys are great: books are not competitors, they are essential companions!

J.S.

Mein allerschönstes Buch vom Backen, Bauen und Flugzeug fliegen (deutscher Titel)

Reviewed in Germany on September 3, 2015

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Ein wunderbares Buch mit liebevollen Zeichnungen und Geschichten.
Verschiedene Alltagssituationen werden kindgerecht erklärt.

Leider gibt es das Buch nicht mehr auf deutsch, daher habe ich meinem Kind die englische Fassung geholt.
Aktuell erzähle ich ihm nur was er auf den Bildern sieht bzw er erzählt es mittlerweile mir und man kann das Buch auch vorlesen, der Text ist sehr einfach und kann ohne große Schwierigkeiten direkt beim Vorlesen übersetzt werden, englische Grundkenntnisse reichen vollkommen aus.

Vllt kann man das Buch dann später auch zum englisch lernen verwenden.

Enthaltene Geschichten:
Everyone is a worker / Jeder arbeitet an seinem Platz
Building an new house / Ein Haus wird gebaut
Mailing a letter / Einen Brief schreiben und versenden (kannte ich aus meinem deutschen Buch nicht)
Firemen to the rescue / Alarm bei der Feuerwehr
A visit in the hospital / Stina muss ins Krankenhaus
The train trip / Eine Nacht in der Eisenbahn
The story of seeds and how they grow / Maisernte bei Bauer Bock
Wood and how we use it / Wozu man Holz braucht
Building an new road / Eine neue Straße von Schaffenau nach Dornholzhausen
A voyage on a ship / Eine Seereise mit der blauen Möwe
Where bread comes from / Aus Korn wird Mehl, aus Mehl wird Brot

Folgende Geschichten fehlen in der englischen Fassung (im Vergleich zu meiner alten deutschen Fassung von 1970)
Mutter hat immer zu tun
Wackerle und Eilig, die Polizisten von Schaffenau
Auf dem Flughafen
Wie man aus Kohle Strom gewinnt
Wasser braucht man überall

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Prabhleen

This is an all time favourite at our house

Reviewed in India on July 23, 2015

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A highly informational book, covers topics as diverse as how a house is built, a trip to the hospital, how a seed grows up to be a plant, a day at the fire station and many more. All of this in Richard Scarry's easy flowing narrative and detailed illustrations.

Can't recommend this book enough. If you are going to buy just one book for your 3-4 year old, make it this one.

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Tamion

Cute, fun and showing kids that there IS a life outside the office block

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2015

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Love, love, LOVE this book! Admittedly I loved it from when I was little, but buying it again now for my own son, it still looks as cute and helpful as I felt it was over 30 years ago with lovely illustrations of what folk get up to in their everyday lives.
Sure...you could argue it doesn't have more relevant jobs to today's workforce, but then what kid wants to be shown an illustration of us stuck ten hours at our desks, glued to a screen in a bland office with a visit to a sandwich shop and half an hour on Facebook as the highlight of our day? Let's allow them to dream that they can actually be a fireman.

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AnnGleterre

Superbe livre

Reviewed in France on January 14, 2014

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Facile à comprendre même pour des débutants, de jolies illustrations, C'est un livre excellent à mettre entre toutes les mains, qu'elles soient de la taille 8 ou de la taille 3...

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