Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever -- Richard Scarry

<b>A treasury of classic books from the one and only, Richard Scarry </b> <p/> Featuring over 80 Richard Scarry classics, this treasury is nearly 300 pages of fun, adventure, and discovery. Filled with beloved excerpts from stories like <i>I am a Bunny</i>, <i>Goodnight Little Bear</i>, <i>The Rooster Struts</i>, and more, readers will find it easy to see why this is - most definitely - the <i>Best Storybook Ever</i>.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Richard Scarry<br><b>Publisher:</b> Golden Books<br><b>Published:</b> 06/08/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.78lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 10.48h x 7.54w x 0.96d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307165480<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 4-8<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Richard Scarry</b> is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his books filled with all the colorful details of their daily lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. For himself, whenever he was asked how old he was, Scarry would always put up one hand and laugh, saying, five! Born in 1919, Richard Scarry was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. After five years of drawing maps and designing graphics for the US Army, he moved to New York to pursue a career in commercial art. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books, he found the perfect home