We
love Richard Scarry. How can you not? In the last three years, I have accumulated quite a collection for my son. He will sit and explore these books on his own, before bringing them to me to read aloud.
When I pulled Richard Scarry's
Storybook Dictionary of the bookshelf the other day, my son was entranced. This is the first time he had seen this particular book, and it was love at first sight.
In fact, as I write this post, he has removed the book from the kitchen table, and is laying on the floor with it flipping through it's pages.
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
In my opinion, this book is brilliant. It combines a dictionary, but instead of definitions, each word is explained in a sentence or two and is accompanied by one of Richard Scarry's clever pictures.
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
In the first few pages of the book is a letter from the publisher, which states the following about this book, "there are more than 700 entries, and over 1600 variant forms and labels."
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
I love how each instrument is labeled in the picture above.
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
From cover to cover, this book is filled with words and pictures.
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
Oh, there is Dingo Dog, he can also be found in Richard Scarry's
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, which is another wonderful book.
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| Copyright 1966 by Richard Scarry, printed by A Golden Book |
It is the type of book that can be read in one sitting cover to cover. It can also be broken down into multiple reading sessions, which is especially good for younger children who are not ready for chapter books or longer stories. Or you can open the book to any page, and let it's magic draw you in. Unfortunately, this book it out of print and quite pricey, but worth every penny.
We have a lot of Richard Scarry books but not this one- wow , it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteLeanne, I was at a book sale last week and found four more of his books we didn't have. We just love his books!
DeleteI love Richard Scarry! We don't own very many, apart from some older Little Golden Books, before he simplified his style. We used to check the Busytown stuff out from the library, though. This one looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteDanzel, My son goes crazy for his books. Especially If there are cars, trucks, trains, or any vehicle of any kind. Oh, and Gold Bug, he loves to hunt for Gold Bug!
DeleteGreat post, I love Richard Scarry's Busytown, it brings back so many nice memories from my childhood!
ReplyDeleteI see you also have his Storybook Dictionary. Do you suppose you could take a picture of the page with the letter H? I made memory cards of my copy of the book, and the ones for H were lost. It would be great to have a full set again :)