Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever!

As busy as the pages appear, there is so much going on for a child to first look at, parents to read, and then, later, child can read to his/her younger siblings. Scarry's books were favorites in our house!

This book and the First Word Book were my first Richard Scarry books, and two of the first books I ever had. They were wonderful! Each page is full of detailed illustrations of everyday items and their names. I had most of the Richard Scarry books, and they really helped me to learn vocabulary, and quite a few important lessons on behavior along the way! Now I am a mommy, and I can't wait for my little girl to be old enough to get her Best First Book Ever!

I got this book for my son when he was one. By the time he turned two, the book had been used so much it fell to pieces. Every night we heard "Richard Scarry book! Richard Scarry book!" I, too, grew up with Richard Scarry and remember spending hours looking at each page--there's so much to see! It is certainly a busy book, keeping little eyes busy spotting lots of everyday things while following the Cat family (and, of course, Lowly Worm) through their daily activities and adventures. Also, if your child enjoys this book, I recently got the Richard Scarry Biggest Word Book Ever (and it IS at 2 ft. tall)...this book has very similiar--in places even the same--scenes as this Best First Book, but it's fun to sit on, too.

We first saw this book at the library and of course brought it home. My two-year-old daughter loved it right away; she especially likes Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm. It is a nice big size with so much to see on each page, children are instantly captivated. Each two-page spread focuses on a different background, for example, shopping at the grocery store, going to the doctor, a cut-away of a house showing each room, a day at school, etc. One page demands that the reader turn the book lengthwise to view a blow-up of Huckle Cat, with the body parts labeled. My daughter instantly thought it was meant to be a page from a calendar, and it was her favorite page to look at. This book is fun for parents to read to their little ones--I highly recommend it!

our daughter, who is 17 months, requests this book at least once a day. she has learned many of the action words, in addition to identifying pictures. the 'scenes' organize an infant's thoughts to associate the pictures with the backgrounds. this book is outstanding.