Richard Scarry
Personal Information
Description
Richard Scarry was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of shop owners. He disliked school, refusing to pay attention in and often skipping classes. It took him five years to complete high school and his grades were poor. After graduating and at his father's request, he enrolled in a business college, but he disliked it very much and left after his first year. In 1939 he began study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where remained until 1942 when he was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. He served as an art director, editor, and writer of Army information publications in North Africa and Italy. After the war, he worked in art departments at various magazines in New York City. In 1948, he married Patricia Murphy. In 1949, after submitting his portfolio to The Artists and Writers Guild, he signed a contract to produce books for their Little Golden Books line. His first book, Two Little Miners, was published that year. He continued to create Little Golden Books throughout the 1950s. In 1963, he published Richard Scarry's Best World Book Ever, which was very successful. In 1968 he and his wife moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, and in 1972 they purchased a chalet in Gstaad, where he worked most of the day in his studio. He died of a heart attack after surgery for esophageal cancer in Gstaad at age 74.
Books
Bedtime Stories
Planes
Describes some of the external and internal workings of such craft as an airship, a helicopter, a jumbo jet, and a microlight plane.
Boats
Describes the functions and inner workings of various kinds of boats, including the rowing boat, cargo boat, and racing yacht.
The golden bedtime book
Here are three hundred and sixty-five stories and poems - one for every day of the year - each one illustrated by Richard Scarry. Young children will find hours of pleasure in these colourful pages and parents will find the tales just right for reading aloud.
Richard Scarry's best busy year ever
The Busytown animals participate in different activities appropriate to each season of the year.
Richard Scarry's Peasant Pig and the terrible dragon
When Princess Lily is captured by a dragon, Peasant Pig bravely attempts her rescue.
Richard Scarry's just right word book
Captioned illustrations introduce objects in Bunny's bedroom, bathroom, and outside the Rabbits' home, in such places as the playground, farm, airport, grocery store, harbor, and doctor's office.
Richard Scarry's busytown treasury
Featuring Bedtime Stories, The Please and Thank You Book, A Day at the Fire Station, A Day at the Police Station, A Day at the Airport, Pig Will and Pig Won t,plus a bonus section full of fun activities, this is truly a treasury to celebrate, from the one and only Richard Scarry.
Busytown race day
Because Huckle and Lowly crash their race car during a practice run, they don't expect to see it fixed-up and ready to roll for the big event.
This is me
A child introduces himself, his body parts, his clothes, and possessions while the day progresses from morning to night.