Book Description

Richard Scarry fans will delight in this collectible hardcoveredition of the classic Little Golden tale.Join Lowly Worm and all of the otherfavorite characters as they take the best balloon ride ever! ... Read more

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A Ride Across the Water.
In this story, Huckle the Cat and Lowly the Worm of Busytown accidently get swept away in a hot air balloon after it's pilot leaves the basket to get their picinic lunch. The duo fly across the lake andalmost crash into the water below, but are saved by some quick thinking. There is a subplot involving the Three Beggars and at the end everyone is alright and for the better.

Richard Scarry's illustrations are a delight to look at with any child. This book is especially fun to read with children interested in flying. ... Read more

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It's another busy day in Busytown as the Bunny family, Lowly Worm, and other

familiar characters wash up, go shopping, drive around town and more. Each

scene provides plenty of objects to name and Richard Scarry's delightful

illustrations are labeled with over 250 words.




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My 19 month old loves this book
My 19 month old daughter absolutely loves this book. It's a great book for teaching her new words by looking at the fun illustrations. She always picks this one out of the pile!

Ambivalent
My son loves the pictures in this classic board book, but I have misgivings. I don't appreciate Scarry's stereo-typed portrayals of mothers and fathers: his mommies are always in the kitchen, while the daddies do the yardwork, males drive vehicles, females play with dolls, etc. It mucks up an otherwise good book. ... Read more

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Great Early Scarry
Example of Scarry illustration before he honed his style into that which he would become popular.Great drawings of fifties era cars, particulary commercial vehicles: Ice Cream truck, Flower Delivery, etc.

The page depicting a family on vacation is hilariously un-PC: The father is relaxing and smoking his pipe while the wife scrubs a pot at the sink in the camper.Outside, the toddler looks longingly from the confines of his crib as the boy shoots off his toy gun. ... Read more

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Richard Scarry es uno de los escritores para chicos más famosos del mundo.Este libro está lleno de cosas favoritas. ... Read more