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Scarry Books are a favorite of the children

My 4 year old son loves Scarry books and this one has become his new favorite. He is in speech therapy and it helps him by encouraging storytelling. It also helps me as a parent to be able to use the detailed illustrations to practice a multitude of language and speech skills. I am not sure why children are drawn to this style but the children find Scarry's drawings compelling and funny.Read full review...

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Best Children's Book for 3+ year old boys ever!!!

My husband has a copy of this book from his childhood. He loved it as a child and it was passed down to our 3 year old son, who is real inquisitive about how things work. Our son has learned so much from this fabulous book: how to build a house, growing food on a farm, what riding on a ship is like, how firemen put out fires, what a train trip is like, how wood is used/made into boards, how electricity works, building a new road, how bread and clothes are made... Of course it's in a kid's style with lots of funny pictures - the Richard Scarry way. We let this book entertain our son while he needs to be quiet and still in doctor's waiting room or when we need a really good quiet activity for him to do. It's best when an adult reads it to him and a wonderful bonding time together. We save this book for times just as these - not just a reading book he can pull off the bookshelt. This keeps it a special book/treat. One thing we suggest and so do pediatricians is that TV not be watched by children because that hurts their concentration ability and may cause ADD. We do not have a TV in the house and are so grateful for all the benefits that gives to us as parents and to our children. We do this because TV has a lot of wicked things on it and we love Jesus Christ and do not want wicked things/influences in our house.Read full review...

Fantastic Children's Book- Timeless!

This book is fantastic! I remembered it from my own childhood, and now bought it for my family. Its illustrations highlight many businesses and professions in a way that children can begin to get an understanding of the way many people work within a community to make it run. The illustrations are classic Richard Scarry, and the humor and warmth throughout appeal to both child and parent. Get this book and cuddle up with your little one! My kids always want to make bread after the read the last page! This book can be read straight through (although that might be a little long for some smaller children), or just pick and choose according to interest or time. Either way, invest in this timeless book; you won't regret it!Read full review...

A good book is never an old book

I had one of these when I was a kid, and I loved it! I took that book everywhere I went and now, I bought another for my niece so that she can do the same!
This is the kind of book that's hard to find these days. Excellent illustrations, simple writing for the kids, nothing commercial, just that good old feeling of paging through life!
The only less positive point here is that this is not the original edition, it's a shorter one so some histories are missing but still a great book to share with everyone! Specially kids of course who are always full of stupid violent TV cartoons and games... This is a good start for a change in that ;)Read full review...

Abridged version

Richard Scarry books are great, with wonderfully detailed—yet humorous and whimsical—depictions of how the world works, especially machinery and vehicles. The only problem with this book is that it’s the abridged edition. I would look carefully at any listing to verify that you’re getting the unabridged version.Read full review...

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My son loves that book more than any other book he has

I love that book. I just gave 4 stars because there eas a rip on cover. And i feel it should've mentioned that. Condition is a bit worn than expected. But if my son loves it .. its all good ;)

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Great Book!

This book was a recommended book for a preschoolers. And we can see why! The pictures are classic Richard Scarry. Each "story" is about a different job/service; postal service, building a house, building a road etc. My three and a half year old loves it. We've had it for about three months now and he asks to read it every couple days. We liked it so much we purchased it for a friend's birthday.Read full review...

Great illustrations and concepts.

Richard Scarry's books are timeless and keeps my child entertained while learning!

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perfect compendium of "work" vignettes

A 2-3 year old's way to understand what "work" means.

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Hmmm What do people do all day?!?!

My kid loves this book, keeps him engrossed for a while.

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