Illus. in full color. Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food.
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"Positively guaranteed to please any small child."--The New Yorker.
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"Positively guaranteed to please any small child."--The New Yorker.
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By Brendan
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Richard Scarry's books are all beautifully illustrated and really captivate kids' imagination. The characters in the stories, Lowly the worm, Huckle the cat are adorable.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By W Burroughs
Format:Hardcover
Wish I could give this 10 stars. I discovered this book as a preschooler in 1968. My mom would take me to the local library every week. I checked it out from the library and I was hooked. I wanted to check it out at every visit, so my mom had the library order a copy for me. I remember even before I could read the words, I completely understood the story from the illustrations. I still have that original edition. It is tatered but still intact. I bought another copy this year for my preschool sons. They absolutely love it as well as the other Scarry book I had as a child, Busy Busy World. The newer book is the abridged edition. The abridged edition has 63 pages as compared to the ~95 pages in the original. They removed 4 stories from the original: busy (stay at home) mom, water treatment plants, electricity and how we get it, and Sgt. Murphy the Busytown policman. Why? Somebody at the publisher must have had a lobotomy. Anyway, we keep the original up in a closet to read only with adult supervision. The new one is on the shelf, readily accesible to the kids.
This book (even the abridged edition) is an absolute classic.
This book (even the abridged edition) is an absolute classic.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I bought my childhood favorite for my son. Unfortunately, only the abridged edition is now available, which is missing a third from the original book. I wish Random House will bring back the book that taught me so much as a child.
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What Do People Do All Day?
This is exactly the book I wanted and the child who received it loved it. It was delivered prompty and in good condition
Published 16 months ago by Jean Newman
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great pictures needs a bit of updating
I, like many other readers, remember and enjoyed this book as a child.
Now- with my own 3 year we are rediscovering the great pictures; the mechanics
of how things work... Read more
Now- with my own 3 year we are rediscovering the great pictures; the mechanics
of how things work... Read more
Published on July 3 2004 by Thomas Hanson
5.0 out of 5 stars
careers in Busytown examined
Set in Scarry's Busytown, this busy, colorful book is organized into eleven chapters that examine its citizens' jobs: Everyone is a worker; Building a new house; Mailing a letter;... Read more
Published on July 2 2004 by audrey
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books of any kind
Like some other reviewers, I am disapointed the unabridged version is not available.
But, even abridged, this is one of the funniest and most absorbing books in print. Read more
Published on May 28 2004 by Grommit
3.0 out of 5 stars
Unfortunately it is abridged
This really is an excellent book, but if your memories are of the complete 96 page edition, you may be dissapointed in this 64 page abridged version. Read more
Published on April 11 2004 by j-beda
5.0 out of 5 stars
Way cool book - shame it's abridged...
This book was *so* cool when I was a kid - I spent hours reading and re-reading it, immersing myself in the pictures and enjoying the characters. Still cool today, but *abridged*? Read more
Published on Jan 21 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book that endures lifetimes!
My 3-year-old son and 40-something husband both adore this book! They spend hours and hours together reading and interacting with "What Do People Do All Day? Read more
Published on Aug 30 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars
Relive childhood early reading memories!
As ever Scarry delivers a fine story book based on the growing child's everyday world brought the more to life by his inimical illustrations. Read more
Published on Aug 23 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't recommend it highly enough!
I remember this wonderful book well from the last time I read it - in 3rd grade and that was 16 years ago. For the inquisitive child, this book will open their eyes. Read more
Published on Jun 30 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lowly Worm is God!
I adored all of Richard Scarry's wonderful and informative books as a child, and this one is the best. Read more
Published on April 20 1998 by bopcomic@hotmail.com
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