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Summary: A Richard Scarry Classic
Review: I think I could highly recommend all of Richard Scarry's books, but this is a one of the classics. This is the book I most identify with Richard Scarry. A large book with loads of things on every page - all with the word underneath. In addition, the cover has numbers to 20 and the letters of the alphabet all with the appropriate corresponding items. This more than anything taught my son not only how to count but what numbers actually mean. I am now buying our second copy; our first is missing it's cover and is torn on many pages. My son is almost 4 years old and has been "reading" this book since he was 9 months old (to himself)! Both he and my husband are big Richard Scarry fans and have converted me. I am buying this book again to begin teaching my son to read. I highly recommend this book for children from babies to early school age. I don't know a child in my family who doesn't love it!
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Summary: A joy for kids of all ages
Review: I was so happy to find this book on Amazon.com. I grew up with this book and my mom lent it to someone and their kid tore it up! I was so upset. Then I found it for sale on here! All of my childhood memories came back when I received the book in the mail. I absolutely loved this book growing up and cannot wait to share it with my children.
Thank you!
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Summary: Could be titled Richard Scarry's "Best Book Ever!"
Review: It can now be said that "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever" is multi-generational. Thirty years ago my mother presented this book to my then 18 month old son. As a new mother I was unfamiliar with "popular" children's books, and my child was beginning to receive many gifts of books - but this one was an immediate favorite both with my son and with me. The illustrations are vivid and delightful, quickly capturing the attention of even "short span" toddlers. The emphasis in this large, hard bound volume is to present the child with objects, places, and activities which are familiar even to the nonverbal toddler, allowing the child to begin expanded vocabulary development. What begins with mommy or daddy asking, "..can you find the apple?" quickly leads to the child pointing to the illustration and proudly speaking, "Apple!" This in turn, promotes the childs desire to expand and identify another object, color, or number! No matter that the two year old points to the kitchen stove and says, "hot", the multiple process of critical thinking combined with advancing verbal skills maintains age appropriate advancement. Eventually the child progresses to the concepts of activities and the beginnings of sentence structure. But it doesn't stop there; each illustration is accurately identified with a discriptive word and even several years later you may find your first or second grader using this book as a combination dictionary/spelling aid. That first volume given to my child was always at the top of the "stacks" (i.e. no matter how messey the bedroom, the "Best Word Book Ever" could easily be located.) From his growing hands it was passed to four successive siblings. Taped up and dog-eared, but never abused, this wonderful book gave each of my children an edge-up on vocabulary development. No wonder then that when my first grandchild began to show signs of frustration when he did not yet have the "name" for what he wanted that grandma quickly got on-line to order "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever." We have had this treasure for slightly over a week and every day Andrew eagerly searches for a comfortable lap to help him explore what is already his "favorite" book. He adds to his speaking skills at least one and often two or three words daily! The only (criticism is to strong a word) "suggestion" I would offer to the publishers is some possible updating; my grandson cannot relate to televisions with "rabbit ears", telephones now are both cordless and mobile, and the addition of an illustrated computer would be appropriate and welcome. Thankfully, the best of everyday life remains basically unchanged: homes and families still have the same common features from bedrooms to kitchens, and brushing teeth to pots and pans; a firetruck is red, a monkey lives at the zoo, elephants are also at the circus, and teachers "live" in colorful classrooms. The "Magic" is still there!
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Summary: Mr. Scarry, you taught us so much!
Review: Mr. Scarry created one of the best children's books of all time with "The Best Word Book Ever." I am now in my late 20's, and still fondly remember sitting quietly for hours as a preschooler and kindergardener enthralled by this book. The illustrations were so creative that I envisioned the small town with winding roads and rivers, the multistoried houses with all of their interesting contents. Each page is packed with vocabulary and intricate illustrations that children can look at for hours. I plan on giving this book to as many children in my family as I can. Mr. Scarry's title is the truth!
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Summary: This book was a true marvel for my kids
Review: My kids and I really enjoyed reading this book together. My oldest daughter, Dee, received this book as a gift at age 2, back in 1987. The colorful pictures kept her attention and having the names of the pictures was a great asset for association. My son, Willy, was born in 1988 and Dee would get her Richard Scarry book out and read to him. The bright pictures also kept Willy attention. As Willy got older, the two of them would play the FIND game using Mr. Scarry's book. Dee would ask Willy to find a bus, pencil, etc. They would also use this book to learn to spell the names of the pictures. Mr Scarry's book became one of our best learning tools. Eileen, my youngest, also enjoyed this book in her early years and still to this day takes the book on road trips with her to play the find game with the older siblings. Our book is well used and has been scotch taped several times, but the kids enjoy this book and have for the past 11 yrs. I truly recommend this book for any family.
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Summary: My son and I found the book fun and educational
Review: My son and I love the characters of Richard Scarry We found the variety of nursery rhymes, storys,and letter associations great. Plus, if your child loves animals this is the book to read with them.
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Summary: Oldie, but a goodie!
Review: My son is in love with this book. My 2 year old is actually using my copy of the book (26th printing, 1979) but this book really stands the test of time. He has learned so many words with the aid of Richard Scarry, his most recent being 'fire truck'. Colorful pictures capture and hold his interest and the array of subject matter in the book is incredible: At the supermarket, various seasons and holidays, shapes and sizes, in the flower garden, clean-up time and so much more. Childhood would not be the same without Richard Scarry. No child should be without this book.
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Summary: Oldie, but a goodie!
Review: My son is in love with this book. My 2 year old is actually using my copy of the book (26th printing, 1979) but this book really stands the test of time. He has learned so many words with the aid of Richard Scarry, his most recent being 'fire truck'. Colorful pictures capture and hold his interest and the array of subject matter in the book is incredible: At the supermarket, various seasons and holidays, shapes and sizes, in the flower garden, clean-up time and so much more. Childhood would not be the same without Richard Scarry. No child should be without this book.
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Summary: Don't miss it!
Review: My son, who is now 40 years old, had this book when he was about 2 years old. I used to read some of it every day to him, and we would laugh and talk about all of the pictures, and the words under each item. Soon, he could look at all the pages and "read" the words. I truly believe this book was the inspiration for his lifelong love of reading. Now, I buy this book for the grandchildren!
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Summary: Helps your child learn to read.
Review: My son, who is now 40 years old, had this book when he was about 2 years old. I used to read some of it every day to him, and we would laugh and talk about all of the pictures, and the words under each item. Soon, he could look at all the pages and "read" the words. I truly believe this book was the inspiration for his lifelong love of reading. Now, I buy this book for the grandchildren!
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