Richard Scarry
(1919 - 1994)
Richard McClure Scarry was a popular American children’s author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million units worldwide. In 1948, he married author Patricia (Patsy) Murphy.
Bibliography
Richard Scarry’s Best Counting Book Ever (1975)
Willy Bunny counts all the things he sees in a day.
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Richard Scarry’s Best Make-It Book Ever (1977)
Hundreds of things to make and do in one book.
Richard Scarry’s Best Mother Goose Ever (1970)
A compendium of fifty traditional Mother Goose rhymes consisting of previously published material.
Richard Scarry’s Best Picture Dictionary Ever (1994)
A picture dictionary for preschoolers.
Richard Scarry’s Best Rainy Day Book Ever (1974)
An activity book including connect the dots, coloring, paper models, etc.
Richard Scarry’s Best Stories Ever (1971)
An anthology of Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press.
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Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)
This is a large omnibus selected from Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press.
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Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever (1963)
A picture dictionary with illustrations defining the words. It has gone through many editions and revisions since it was first published.
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Richard Scarry’s Busiest People Ever (1976)
It’s a busy day in Busytown.
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Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy World (1965)
Pip Pip the cat travels to thirty-three cities around the world
Richard Scarry’s Busy Town, Busy People (1976)
This is an adaptation of What Do People Do All Day?
Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things that Go (1974)
The Pig family heads for the beach on a very busy highway.
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Richard Scarry’s Christmas Mice (1965)
Mice at Christmas time inspect the presents Santa left.
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Richard Scarry’s Christmas Present Book (1965)
A Christmas present shape book. This was originally Christmas Mice.
Richard Scarry’s Color Book (1976)
Mr. Paint Pig introduces the nine colors on his truck. Richard Scarry used sixteen Winsor & Newton Designer Colors: Flame Red, Carthamus Pink, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Primrose (Yellow), Golden Yellow, Linden Green, Permanent Green Middle, Permanent Green Deep, Winsor Green, Sky Blue, Winsor Blue, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Chinese Orange and Spektrum Violet.
Richard Scarry’s Egg in the Hole Book (1967)
Help Henny find her lost egg.
Richard Scarry’s Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes (1976)
Twenty-five favorite nursery rhymes from previous books.
Richard Scarry’s Find Your ABC’s (1973)
Sam Pig and Dudley Cat are called in to find the letters of the alphabet.
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Richard Scarry’s Fun with Words (1971)
This book includes Storybook Dictionary and Best Word Book Ever.
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Richard Scarry’s Funniest Storybook Ever (1972)
A collection of new stories in Richard Scarry’s inimitable style.
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