A great new edition of this classic Scarry title, with a
beautiful, retro cover.Sam Cat and Dudley Pig are on the trail of a
thief!The perfect gift for any child or Scarry collector, The Great
Big Mystery book is a collection of Richard Scarry’s mystery
stories starring the loveable Sam and Duddley.Packed full with all
the original artwork, this beautiful book will be treasured for
years to come.
關於作者：
Richard Scarry Thousands of children have learned to read with
Richard Scarry’s busy, colorful, generous books. But Scarry has
done more than help kids read. With their bright illustrations,
simple text, and gentle lessons on sharing and tolerance, Scarry''s
stories have also helped kids grow up and relate to people around
them. Biography "I''m not interested in creating a book that is read
once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten," Richard Scarry
once said. "I am very happy when people write that they have worn
out my books, or that they are held together by Scotch tape. I
consider that the ultimate compliment." Considering the propensity
of Scarry''s preschool-age readership to ask for their favorite
books again and again, it''s a compliment he must have received
often during his tenure as one of the most popular children''s
authors of all time. Scarry began his career as a freelance
illustrator, drawing pictures to accompany the text of books by
children’s authors such as Margaret Wise Brown, Kathryn Jackson,
and Patricia Murphy who became Patricia Scarry when she married
Richard in 1949. His first two efforts at writing his own books,
The Great Big Car and Truck Book 1951 and Rabbit and His Friends
1953, already suggest some of his interests as an author: travel,
technology, and talking animals. But it was the 1963 publication of
Richard Scarry''s Best Word Book Ever that put Scarry on bestseller
lists, and established his signature style. Its densely packed
pages are populated by anthropomorphic animals at work and play, in
drawings that reward multiple readings with details children and
parents may not notice at first glance. The large-format book
contains over 1400 illustrated and labeled objects, along with
simple introductions to concepts like sharing and helping. In Busy,
Busy World 1965, Scarry''s animals star in a series of
international adventures in such far-flung locales as Paris, Rome,
and Algeria. Well before multiculturalism was an educational
buzzword, Scarry believed he could use animals to help children
imaginatively enter others'' experiences. In a Publishers Weekly
interview, he explained that "children can identify more closely
with pictures of animals than they can with pictures of another
child. They see an illustration of a blond girl or a dark-haired
boy, who they know is somebody other than themselves, and
competition creeps in. With imagination -- and children all have
marvelous imagination -- they can easily identify with an anteater
who is a painter or a goat who is an Indian." Though Scarry soon
abandoned exotic settings in favor of the fictional Busytown, he
continued to illustrate different roles in society with cherubic
critters like Postman Pig, Huckle Cat, Sergeant Murphy, and Lowly
Worm. Once he had developed a cast of characters, he introduced
them into everything from picture dictionaries and activity books
to mystery stories and manners lessons. Scarry''s books, which have
sold over 100 million copies and been translated into 30 languages,
always reflected his own curiosity about the world. "Wherever I go,
I''m watching," he liked to say. "Even on vacation, when I''m in an
airport or a railroad station, I look around, snap pictures, and
find out how people do things." In relating his discoveries to
children, he expanded not only their vocabularies, but their
understanding of the "busy world" as a social community in which
people work, play, cooperate and share. Good To Know From 1941
through 1946, Scarry served in the U.S. Army. The army, he joked,
"thought I would make a good radio repairman. My exam mark was
minus 13, so they decided to make me a corporal." Scarry wound up
as an art director for the Morale Services Section, and eventually
rose to the rank of captain. Richard Scarry''s son Huck Scarry is
also a writer and illustrator of children''s books, including some
new additions to the Busytown series. His nickname matches that of
the title character in one of his father''s favorite books,
Huckleberry Finn. Also Known As: Richard McClure Scarry full name
Date of Birth: 六月 5, 1919
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