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I grew up on Scarry's stuff and have been wanting to dig through my parents' attic to find my old books for when my daughter is born. This really brings me back and makes me want to start digging sooner rather than later.

This was one of my favorite authors as a child. I have Richard Scarry's Giant Storybook Treasury, and my children love to look at all the wonderful illustrations and have me read the stories. Not as widely known as Dr. Seuss or Eric Carle, but one of my top 5!

I remember loving this book as a child, and I recently bought a used copy from Amazon for my daughter. It's in heavy rotation at our house right now.

ah! these pictures bring back so many fond memories. I'm ordering a book right now.

This was one of my very favorites from my childhood and thankfully my mother saved it for my own kids. We've had hours of enjoyment reading it and I love finding them reading it to themselves and poring over the illustrations. We've enjoyed not just this one, but his whole collection. Must haves for any kids book collection.

My toddler son used to study his Richard Scarry Best Ever Word book like he was cramming for exams. The cover came off from all the use. At a very young stage, he was freaked out by the scenes of mayhem that were supposed to be funny in another Scarry book, featuring car accidents and crashes of all variety.