Richard Scarry's Great Big Schoolhouse

by Richard Scarry

All the characters and objects in this richly illustrated story of a cat's school days, are carefully labeled

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, School, Animals, Fiction, Mathematics

69 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

RICHARD SCARRY is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! In his extraordinary career, Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.

Reviews

[Ronda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I checked this book out over and over again in elementary school. Not too long agbo, my sister got a copy for me and I was reintroduced to one of my favorite characters--Lowly Worm--and one of my favorite lines and illustrations: "Lowly worm eats peas. Peas are round in shape." Makes me smile every time I read this book.

[Wendy Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vocabulary, vocabulary, vocabulary is what Richard Scarry books are all about. Teaching kids words for objects is also a great form of print awareness. Kids ages 1 - 3 will love being able to identify all of the items in the schoolhouse.

[Robu-sensei · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Big Schoolhouse is an all-purpose first-principles book teaching numbers, letters, colors and other things in a "Look how much fun we have at school!" setting. Without a single computer, the classroom looks hopelessly antique, but this book is still a great early reader.

[Qeona Greer]

A warm and inviting book about the first day of school and the many new things that children about to learn. This is a great book to read to students before their first big day of school to ease any worries or "first day jitters" they might have.

[Alexis Dowdell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to share with kids because it discusses all of the different subjexts that are being taught in shcool.

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was a favorite at our house. Love the look and feel of these oversized Scarry books, so immersive for kids

[Quinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

enqi said "not really many stories"

[ben ridulfo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cool man

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book pictures were fantastic

[TCNS]

Filed under "School."

[Ossy Firstan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Richard scarry memang my lovely 🫶🏻

[Joeri Dassen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Erg leuk boek voor peuters om te leren over school.

[Hope L. Justice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow this book has so much to offer. The only reason I did not give it five stars, is because of it's length! This might be a book for early readers, but it's so busy, I have a hard time following the narrative because I am distracted, and I am an adult. I know Richard Scarry is one of those classic authors, but this book is way too long, and trying way too hard. I would have been happy with ONE school house lesson, like "Getting ready for school", "schoolhouse numbers", etc. ; break it up!

[Kathryn Sublett · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book would be great to segment for the first week of school. Students could use part of the book as an introduction on time for math. This would help students think about important times in the school day and their relation to time on a clock. This would be useful in first or second grade depending on the depth of time expressed.

[Guen · Rating 1 out of 5]

"Why do I have to go to school?" asked Huckle.
"All children go to school to learn how to read and write," said his mother.

Huckle's mother is just not being honest here, or she doesn't know any better, but all children definitely do not go to school.

[Charlee Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

i liked it because it had nice pictures.
and that it labeled all the cars,rivers etc.
and it had different scenes.
i liked that it had animals for people.
and that the animals were different sizes.

[Jenni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this in swedish. The title is: Vad gör dom i skolan?

[Pinky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learn important things like the alphabet, numbers, and more in this fun Richard Scarry book.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love it but the Joe/Willie character's name change confuses me still.

[Margaux · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richard Scarry's characters are the best. Would recommend for any library.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kids dive in to a book like this.