Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day?

By Richard Scarry

Book Overview

Find out what everyone in Busytown does all day in this classic Richard Scarry picture book about careers and community

Join beloved Richard Scarry characters like Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, and more in this exciting visit to Busytown, where everyone has a job to do Discover the professions, hobbies, and skills of the Busytown community, and how each helps to keep the town running smoothly. From doctors to dressmakers, blacksmiths to bank tellers, grocers to postmasters, and so much more, little ones will be amazed at all there is to see and do in a community

Organized into stories focusing on specific professions, and complete with Richard Scarry's classic signature illustrations, Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? is an exploration into how communities operate, expand, and help one another.

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Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy People
Richard Scarry's Busiest People Ever
Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever
Richard Scarry's 5-Minute Stories
Richard Scarry's Good Morning, Busytown

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553520598
• ISBN13: 9780553520590
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Golden Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Wrong Edition

You sent the wrong edition. The edition you advertised, billed me for, and that I paid for, is NOT the edition I received. You advertised the 1968 96 page edition of What Do People Do All Day? (I can send a picture of your ad), but you sent me the 1979 abridged 63 page edition, which I can purchase from multiple sources. Are you using the first edition publication citation to sell all of your abridged versions of the book? Or did you accidentally send me the wrong one? Please let me know. Thank you.

Richard Scarry is amazing!

I read “What Do People Do All Day” to my son ( now 40 and with an infant). His favorite story was “ Mother’s Work is Never Done”. Too funny. Love that worm! Go Lowly!

Great but unabridged version best

It seems that the 2015 and 1968 editions are unabridged. Look for details. 96pages is the one.

A GEM!!! MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK (moooooore stars!!!!)

I got this one as a child, back in the sixties. My copy is in Dutch and although a little weathered it's not falling apart yet. The copy I'm reviewing here is a reprint that misses several spreads, but sad though it may be, if you don't know about it you won't miss it. Richard Scarry shows different "people" (animals in clothes), all kinds of professions, how they interact and how one depends on the other. And in doing so he introduces a child to society where we all depend on one another. More than anything else he was responsible that I grew up to be free minded and open spirited person. Whatever a human being does for a living, if he/she does it with love he will make your day. A policeman, a baker, a newspaper man, a writer, photographer or singer, the postman, the bus driver. We all depend on one another. And as long as we try our best to understand that and accept and respect our fellow citizens we will be on the right path. His drawings are world famous. They're sweet and funny without being too simplistic. No matter what family, the rabbits, the mice or the pigs, even the worm, they're all lovely characters with different personalities. It has always been my first choice as a gift for kids.

FABULOUS but WHY IS IT ABRIDGED???

This book is incredible, hence the 5 stars, but I ABHOR the abridged version and long for the pieces that were cut. Why is this the only version being foisted 'pon us??

Way cool book - shame it's abridged...

This book was *so* cool when I was a kid - I spent hours reading and re-reading it, immersing myself in the pictures and enjoying the characters. Still cool today, but *abridged*? What were the publishers *thinking*? There wasn't much to it to begin with; abridging it is truly robbing those who'd really benefit from this book.