Giving Busytown a Run for Its Money: Ethan Long Gives Us a Heckuva Happy County

I own a lot of books. Probably more than I should, if I’m being perfectly honest. And now that I’ve a Free Little Library in my front yard, I finally have a place to put all the spares. The other day I was going through my son’s picture book collection, trying to find anything he didn’t read anymore, when my eyes alighted on Richard Scarry’s Busytown series. I looked. I considered. And then I put the book in the box of books I keep for the day when my children’s children are book and I end up...