Richard Scarry (Author of What Do People Do All Day?)

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Richard Scarry

Born

in Boston, MA, The United States

June 05, 1919

Died

April 30, 1994

Genre

Children's Books, Arts & Photography

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RICHARD SCARRY is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! In his extraordinary career, 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. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012. ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 148,055 ratings · 3,792 reviews · 1,288 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	What Do People Do All Day? 4.27 avg rating — 12,786 ratings — published 1968 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cars and Trucks and Things That Go 4.28 avg rating — 9,449 ratings — published 1974 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever! 4.23 avg rating — 8,524 ratings — published 1968 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry, Golden Books (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 6,870 ratings — published 1963 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book 4.18 avg rating — 5,792 ratings — published 1973 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town 4.27 avg rating — 3,735 ratings — published 1992 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's a Busy, Busy World 4.27 avg rating — 3,527 ratings — published 1965 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Little Word Book Ever (Little Golden Book) 4.33 avg rating — 3,292 ratings — published 1978 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever 4.33 avg rating — 2,267 ratings — published 1964 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks from A to Z 4.27 avg rating — 1,078 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Busy World of Richard Scarry (6 books)
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Richard Scarry's Busy Day Storybooks (1 book)
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Quotes by Richard Scarry (?)

“I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when people have worn out my books, or that they're held together by Scotch tape.”
― Richard Scarry

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“There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.”
― Richard Scarry, Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town

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“Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books.”
― Richard Scarry

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