Customer Reviews
A childhood favorite revisited 
2008-07-22
This is a wonderful treasury of stories and pictures designed to keep young children amused and entertained. Gentle lessons in how to be polite and be a good member of a household are delivered with humor, questions to the reader, and brightly colored illustrations.
I used to read this book to my sister when she was very young for hours on end. My 2 1/2 year old son discovered it in our bedroom a few months ago, and now it has become, in his words, our special book, and we read from it night and day! It delights me that he enjoys it so much, and I enjoy reading it with him, and rediscovering my favorites.
This is a book I will likely be sending for Christmas gifts this year!
Colors are Dull 
2008-03-23
Love Richard Scarry, but the illustrations in this publication are a bit dull/faded. There is a lot of content here, but still I was disappointed by the faded look. I recommend Richad Scarry's 'I Am a Bunny' Board Book which has superior color and my baby loved it at 3 months! Her first favorite book!!!
Slight changes in the new edition 2008-03-07
I'm very glad to see this back in print, but there are at least a couple of changes between this and the 70's version. First and foremost, the story of Pierre Bear has been replaced with "Good Night Little Bear." I strongly suspect that it was to 'modernize and politically correct' the book. But, I do think that Good Night Little Bear is a better story all round, so no real complaints.
Also, some of the stories and nursery rhymes are a bit abbreviated. E.g. the kittens and the mittens, and for reasons I can not figure out, the illustrations are about 10% smaller than in the Best Nursery Rhyme book.
Also, for the I am a Bunny book, I certainly think it's worth getting the book itself. The unique format makes it really stand out, and the pictures fill the pages entirely, with no distracting empty space.
Many Diverse Mental Concepts 2008-02-10
This book was one of my main teaching aids growing up; however, my child will need some time to understand Richard Scarry's concept (along with some of his other books as well) of combining several theories and objects on one page that can confuse a young or developmentally challenged child. Not saying that it's impossible, but would take time. I say let them get interested in colors and basic shapes first, then direct them to the pictures and start introducing them to what they are by definition. Not only are there definitions and body parts and other concepts, but short and concise stories too if you can capture your child's interest long enough to sit still to listen to your reading and place the story with the pictures in a concept that they understand. LLO'C
Try some of the other Richard Scarry's Books instead 
2008-01-06
Parents who grew up with Richard Scarry's books and who are nostalgic about his wonderful characters may be somewhat disappointed with this book. Some stories are taken from the delightful Richard Scarry's busy world (which appears to be now out of print and only available used on amazon for $124). Apart from these, the other stories are in a style which is very different from the Richard Scarry's books which I grew up with.
Until they come out with a reprint of Richard Scarry's Busy world, I would recommend "What do people do all day", or "Funniest storybook ever", where you can find all the familiar characters such as the cat family, lowly worm etc.
still great after all these years 
2007-11-26
This storybook is a collection of entertaining stories and poems involving celebrated children's book artist Richard Scarry's lovable cast of animal characters. These happy tales and lively illustrations make this treasury of the very best of Scarry's work the best storybook ever.
As engaging to kids now as it was when I was little 2007-11-07
I remember this big, fat book with a million pictures inside as one of my very favorites as a child. Many of Scarry's amazing illustrations are "Where's Waldo"-like, with hundreds of details of, say, a mouse family visiting London. Others are larger and more simple. Some pages have stories, while others just have pictures with basic word titles. All this lends the book a wonderful sense of pacing -- busy-ness followed by calm, information followed by silliness.
I recently gave this book to a 3 year old, who turned straight to the detailed pages of old fashioned trains and was immediately enraptured. His parents loved it, too.
My top gift recommendation of all time, for ages 2-5 especially.
I LOVE this book!!!!!! 2007-10-20
My husband gets teary eyed just thinking of how much he loved this book as a child. Our daughters love it and treat it like gold. This book is a priceless birthday gift.
Great Children's Book 2007-07-30
I grew up reading this book. I loved it so much that I had to buy a new copy for myself. Such a great book to get a friend who is expecting.
Great book! 2007-05-22
This was a favorite book of both mine and my brothers when we were younger. I recently purchased it for my brother's baby due in June and decided to purchase it for my baby also!!
