Richard Scarry's Best Little Golden Books Ever!

by Scarry, Patsy; Jackson, Kathryn; Jackson, Byron; Scarry, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780385379120
• ISBN10: 0385379129
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-07-22
• Publisher: Golden Books

Summary

Nine of Richard Scarry’s best Little Golden Books come together in a colorful, deluxe volume, ready for gift-giving!
 
This unique collection of Richard Scarry’s Little Golden Books brims with colorful cars, droll animals, and a sly fox or two. From fables (“The Country Mouse and the City Mouse”) to folktales (“The Gingerbread Man”) to goodnight stories (Good Night, Little Bear), there are hours of fun for everyone in this beautifully bound book. Favorites such as The Animals of Farmer Jones and The Bunny Book are here, along with stories that have not been available in many years, such as Polite Elephant, Cars and Trucks, Chicken Little, and even Duck and His Friends, which was originally published in 1949. Breathtaking illustrations and stories currently found only in this volume make it a gift to cherish.

Author Biography

RICHARD SCARRY (1919-1994) is one of the world's best-loved children's book authors ever! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his books filled with the colorful details of their lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Raised and educated in Boston, Scarry moved to New York after a stint in the army to pursue a career in commercial art. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books in 1948, he found the perfect home for his children's books. In the extraordinary career that followed, Richard Scarry illustrated well over 100 books, many of which have never been out-of-print.