Richard Scarry's Best Little Golden Books Ever!

(Hardback)

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"Nine of Richard Scarry s best Little Golden Books come together in a colorful, deluxe volume, ready for gift-giving!" This unique, must-have collection of Scarry's cherished Little Golden Books features such favorites such as The Animals of Farmer Jones;The Bunny Book; The Gingerbread Man; and Good Night, Little Bear, plus stories that aren't currently available anywhere else- Polite Elephant; Chicken Little; Cars and Trucks; Duck and His Friends; and The Country Mouse and the City Mouse. Scarry's breathtaking painterly art in this collection has been digitally restored to its original brilliance.

Author Bio

RICHARD SCARRY (1919-1994) is one of the world's best-loved children's books authors ever! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his oversize books filled with the colorful details of their lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Raised and educated in Boston, Scarry moved to New York after a stint in the army to pursue a career in commercial art. But after showing his portfolio to the editors at Golden Books in 1948, he found the perfect home for his children's books. In the extraordinary career that followed, Richard Scarry illustrated well over 100 books, many of which have never been out-of-print.