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Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day?
An illustrated panorama of the animals of Busytown at work, describing the occupations and activities of many of her citizens through detailed drawings with labels indicating processes and equipment used as they perform their jobs.
Hardcover, Abridged, 64 pages
Published
March 12th 1968
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 1968)
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This is the best book ever written. I mean it.
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Richard Scarry had a tremendous gift for telling stories that, while simple in plot, are rich in visual detail so that, having been read aloud once, they provide hours of entertainment for prereaders to enjoy at their leisure. His lively, fill-up-the-page artwork and classic sense of humor have endeared him to children for over fifty years.
In this book, Scarry introduces individual citizens of Busytown, then tells short stories about specific projects they are involved in: building a house, mail...more
In this book, Scarry introduces individual citizens of Busytown, then tells short stories about specific projects they are involved in: building a house, mail...more
This is such a fun book! In honor of Labor Day we explored all the different jobs that people do to help make our community a happy and successful place! This book really shows the interconnectivity of the world like farm to market. I really liked how to book asked questions to the reader... "what does your mom do? Are you a helper?" The book did a great job showing that everything we do is connected to another person or project, that with out the help of each other and hard work, we wouldn't be...more
Alles van Richard Scarry is top!
Superleuke boeken om kinderen situaties te laten ontdekken, om hen kleine woordjes te leren lezen, om verhaaltjes bij te verzinnen, om samen te zoeken naar die ene auto of dat ene diertje. Zoek samen naar de geschoende worm Rinus die op elke bladzijde verstopt zit!
Het boek zet op tamelijk realistische wijze de deur open voor de wijde wereld, maar bevat ook zoveel fantastische elementen die ontsproten zijn aan Richard Scarry's brein.
Je ontdekt ook altijd iets ni...more
Superleuke boeken om kinderen situaties te laten ontdekken, om hen kleine woordjes te leren lezen, om verhaaltjes bij te verzinnen, om samen te zoeken naar die ene auto of dat ene diertje. Zoek samen naar de geschoende worm Rinus die op elke bladzijde verstopt zit!
Het boek zet op tamelijk realistische wijze de deur open voor de wijde wereld, maar bevat ook zoveel fantastische elementen die ontsproten zijn aan Richard Scarry's brein.
Je ontdekt ook altijd iets ni...more
I thought I vividly remembered this book from my childhood, but on an adult second reading I only vividly remember through about page 9. My mom would always choose this book as the last bedtime book on those holdout nights when I resisted sleep. Its long and kindof dry, but it has its good points too.
This book is full of vocabulary that kids are sure to hear everyday and simple explinations for what the things are. The illustrations are funny and detailed. Once you learn all the characters, its...more
This book is full of vocabulary that kids are sure to hear everyday and simple explinations for what the things are. The illustrations are funny and detailed. Once you learn all the characters, its...more
This childhood favourite has an artistry and content structure that can be appreciated by adults almost 40 years on. It is lively and informative - throughout the book cutaway illustrations of Busytown reveal Richard Scarry's cute animal characters hard at work in different jobs. Some spreads even explore the invisible processes that make our world work - like pumping water or wiring a house for electricity. This book is a thoroughly entertaining and engrossing way for children to explore the wo...more
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We checked this one out after my four-year-old actually asked me, "What do people do all day?" It does not just explain what people in one's neighborhood do all day (or what is done by the workers that used to be found in a neighborhood -- butcher, baker, etc.) It's really a very simple introduction to economics. We're only a little way in, but so far Scarry has managed to illustrate for my little guy how trade, barter and currency work, and that it takes cooperation amongst the trades to get la...more
The rare 1966 edition wherein Huckle Cat staples Bananas Gorilla to the classroom bulletin board.
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Richard Scarry's book What Do People All Day is written and illustrated by himself. He puts a lot of detail and images in this book and makes the reader immediately glued to this story. Scarry gives children the view of all the different possible jobs they can have in the future and what kinds of jobs people have. With all the different illustrations on the pages you see something new everytime you read it. You can easily get stuck with this book for an hour. It's a great book for everyone of al...more
A timeless children's classic. I learned to read at a very early age largely on account of this book. Not only that, I still own the very copy of What Do People Do All Day I cut my literary teeth on. It's been loved to near death: the binding, long since disintegrated, now consists of three loops of candy-striped yarn, and the outside edges of most of the pages are in tatters. Yet Huckle and his companions live on, as industrious and helpful as they were forty years past.
Richard Scarry's works n...more
Richard Scarry's works n...more
The child’s phonological skills are supported by a book such as What Do People Do All Day? The repetitive text draws the child’s attention the sounds of words, increasing their awareness of varied phonemes in language. As a child and caregiver share this story, the caregiver helps the child develop and strengthen through the practices of reading and talking, two practices which deepen the child’s phonological awareness and development.
Enjoyably detailed guide to modern industrial life. You can spend a lot of time poring over the oversized pages. As usual Richard Scarry's illustrations are warm and humorous.. This is like the baby version of Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape, or Works: Anatomy of a City
Awesome. Fun to look at, short stories that are easy to read. I guess some of it is dated, but it's from the 60's so maybe that is inevitable. My son (age 2) loooooves the story about the train trip. and my heart cries a little every time i see the page in "a mother's work is never done" where all the children are trying sleep on top of mom. But still highly recommend it. the pictures are great for exploring little details.
This book is so wonderful. It teaches children about what people do all day. They learn about careers and activities. It gives the child insight into their world and what their parents may do every day.
I really enjoyed this book because it really gives kids an insight into adult life. I would use this book to teach about difference careers I would also have this book in a thematic unit about community helpers.
I really enjoyed this book because it really gives kids an insight into adult life. I would use this book to teach about difference careers I would also have this book in a thematic unit about community helpers.
Dec 15, 2012
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This is the book my son and I most recently read together. My two-year-old does not have the patience to read through all the text, but he likes to "read" through the pictures. He talks through the images how he wants to think about them with inflections like "oh no" at accidents and "yay" when the firemen have the ladder up. This is such a great picture book for telling stories within stories.
ran across this one the other day and had to pick up a copy to keep. Memories of bedtime stories came flooding back to me.. .all the details in those illustrations. ... learning how money exchange works and how it takes a village to make it all work. . . cheese cars driven by mice and Lowly worm driving an apple car.... great stuff.
One of my very favorites as a child. I read this book over and over again: Abby gets her tonsils out, Huckle Cat gets new neighbors, a road is built, paper is made, Huckle is rescued from a fire. I loved how Daddy Cat (Grocer Cat) comes home just in time to see Huckle rescued, the picture is so funny! All the machines are whimsical and most of them have faces. Lowly Worm shows up throughout the book, poking out of horns and pockets and such.
This was one of my favorite books as a kid - my copy is buried somewhere down in my parents' basement. But the local library had a copy, and now I've just had a chance to read it to my daughter. What memories the illustrations brought back!
And I love the detail Richard Scarry used. Now I understand the duct systems of a house a little better!
And I love the detail Richard Scarry used. Now I understand the duct systems of a house a little better!
This book is great. It teaches children about what people do all day. They learn about careers and activities. It gives the child insight into their world and what their parents may do every day. This is a great book to use in upper elementary schools. I look forward to using it in my future classroom. Maybe a book I could use before a career day?
The bad thing about this book is that it's from 1968 and so all the woman are pretty much either "Mommy" or "Grandma" which is kind of a bummer. I think there might have also been a female secretary and a nurse.
"Grocer Cat bought a new dress for Mommy. She earned it by taking such good care of the house."
"Grocer Cat bought a new dress for Mommy. She earned it by taking such good care of the house."
This is very much a book for children. It lacks the elegant simplicity of some picture books that transcend childhood. The pages are very busy which keeps children entertained for longer which is good because there are a lot of words per page. Children probably love this book but it holds no interest for me.
find memories of reading this book with my son when he was just wee one. Can't wait to read it with my grandkids one day. I like all the books by Richard Scarry. they are fun and colorful and they are great to use so that your kids can learn to read along with you as well. it's good stuff :)
The joke in our house goes, "What do people do all day? Read this book!" This is a great book, and curious kids with lots of questions will love it. Just be prepared to set some limitations on how much you read in one sitting or how many times you read it in a day!
This is one of mine, and my children's, favorite books. We love the illustrations. Every time we read it we find something else funny in the pictures. We've read this so many times its falling apart! The attention to detail is astounding not to mention the humor. :D
I think I spent more hours in relationship with this book than maybe any other in my life, other than some spiritual texts.
I was fascinated by all the things people did for jobs, all the detail in the illustrations, the sense of humor inherent in all of it. I would gaze at just one page for something like a half-hour, like it was television, but the stories were ones I was telling myself about the characters.
Soon I began drawing the characters (pigs were my favorite), first copying exactly and t...more
I was fascinated by all the things people did for jobs, all the detail in the illustrations, the sense of humor inherent in all of it. I would gaze at just one page for something like a half-hour, like it was television, but the stories were ones I was telling myself about the characters.
Soon I began drawing the characters (pigs were my favorite), first copying exactly and t...more
My two year old is always asking me questions about the world and its happenings. This book is like going on a field trip. He loves the busy illustrations. As a parent it's a lot of text and don't recommend reading it all in one sitting.
I don't ever get tired looking at this book with my kids who are 3 and 4 years old. The amount of images Richard Scarry fits onto a page is amazing. We love playing I Spy with this book and the kids learn about what things are in this world.
"The best librarians are children's librarians." True dat, Richard Scarry!
Richard Scarry's art is so full of life and his worlds are full of tiny details. It's fun to take your time and savor over everything happening on each page, and you're sure to catch something new with each read. A wonderful book to read together with your kids.
Richard Scarry's art is so full of life and his worlds are full of tiny details. It's fun to take your time and savor over everything happening on each page, and you're sure to catch something new with each read. A wonderful book to read together with your kids.
Sadly the only version of this book available today is the abridged version which is a shame since it does not include some of my favorite sections (like what do writers do all day). The unabridged version gets 5 stars.
This book is probably a major reason why kids start thinking about what they want to do all day when they grow up. I would think and think and think when my mom read this to me. And the illustrations are top notch.
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