Richard Scarry's Funniest Storybook Ever!
Get ready to laugh, laugh, laugh, in Richard Scarry's Funniest Storybook Ever!
Richard Scarry’s classic collection of his funniest stories is back in print! All your favorite Busytown characters are back and getting up to countless silly situations. Whether it’s an out-of-control mix-up with Ma Pig’s new car, babysitters making accidental exploding fudge, sneaky mice pirates taking over Uncle Willie’s ship, or even a talking loaf of bread that baffles Humperdink the Baker and Lowly Worm, young readers will be rolling on the floor with laughter thanks to the hysterical hijinks found in this Funniest Storybook Ever! Note: Includes some stories that also appear in Richard Scarry's Favorite Storybook Ever.
Contents:
Absentminded Mr. Rabbit
Sergeant Murphy and the Banana Thief
Speedboat Spike
Ma…
RICHARD SCARRY (1919-1994) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his books filled with all the colorful details of their daily lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. (Whenever he was asked how old he was, Scarry would always put up one hand and laugh, saying, "five!")
Born in 1919, Richard Scarry was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. After five years of drawing maps and designing graphics for the US Army, he moved to New York to pursue a career in commercial art. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors…