The best ever

by chuckofish

Can you believe this is the last day of April? Me neither. We had a drought–now we have flooding! A lot of rain over the weekend and Sunday night. Hoo-boy!

Well, today we remember Richard McClure Scarry (1919-1994) who died on this day thirty years ago. His books are just the best–he actually has a series of Best Ever books–I mean, don’t we all wish we could live in Busytown?

Scarry published his first book in 1949. Over his lifetime he published 300 more and had total sales of over 100 million worldwide. Three generations of my family have really loved these books. (I still do!)

The young bud plays with lots of toys when he visits our house, but he almost always ends up in Busytown.

Who do you relate to best?

Personally I always picture myself as Dingo Dog when I drive around town in my Mini Coop…

So a toast to Richard Scarry and all the inhabitants of Busytown! And brush your teeth!