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Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day?
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See moreWelcome to Richard Scarry's Busytown! Home to Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Goldbug, and more, precshoolers can tour the town on an adventure of discovery and see what fire fighters, construction workers, doctors, pilots, train conductors, and farmers, do all day! Includes a detailed character map on the end papers!
The Richard Scarry classic is complete-unabridged and in a new trim!
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The Richard Scarry classic is complete—unabridged and in a new trim!
Find out what everyone in Busytown does all day in this Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? classic!
Go on a fun visit to Busytown and discover how everyone spends their days. Full of fun and adventure, this classic picture book will captivate little readers from page to page as they learn how construction workers, firefighters, farmers, doctors, and more help Busytown run smoothly each and every day.
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Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? is celebrated for its detailed and creative illustrations that vividly demonstrate the significance of various jobs, enabling children to understand and imagine the daily activities of different professions.
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ISBN: 9780553520590
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 July 2015
Country: United States
Imprint: Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.
Illustration: FULL COLOR
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 267.0mm
Height: 308.0mm
Weight: 726g
Pages: 96
About the Author
RICHARD SCARRY is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! In his extraordinary career, Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.
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