Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever

Everything old is new again, isn't that true? Well it certainly seems to be the case with children's books and Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever.

This children's book anthology features children's stories by Patricia Scarry, Richard Scarry and a few others and all are beautifully illustrated by Richard Scarry.

Anthropomorphic animals run rampant in stories set everywhere from Paris, London, Algeria to a tiny hollow in a tree.

What we love most about this book is that it instantly takes us back to our childhood. We read about tiny mice falling in love and getting married; zoo animals who act out the months of the years; jewel thieves in Paris who hide from policemen in a pot of soup...

The book contains over 80 stories and poems, so you can keep this one next to the bed for a long time.

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Comments (6)

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.

posted by SpaceMonkeyX on October 11th 2007 at 12:09pm
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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!

posted by pelicolina on October 11th 2007 at 12:11pm
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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.

posted by kitchenfire on October 11th 2007 at 1:24pm
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ah! these pictures bring back so many fond memories. I'm ordering a book right now.

posted by selena on October 11th 2007 at 1:32pm
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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.

posted by angeflynn on October 11th 2007 at 8:20pm
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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.

posted by Kate (NC) on October 12th 2007 at 8:19am
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