Best Word Book Ever

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The pages have a small amount of text, which often challenge the reader to find something on the page. I love Richard Scarry from my own childhood and I'm delighted to share these with my daughters, especially my beginning preschooler. Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry was published in 1963 and became a best-selling children's book. The original edition contains over 1,400 labelled pictures and the book sold over seven million copies in 12 years. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages.

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For example, the front cover shows a thatched cottage instead of an American style barn, the "When you grow up" pages feature a British soldier instead of an American one and a sprinkling of British Union Jack flags and text were inserted. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there? Sections such as “Out West” or “Buildings” were left out, as well as those on paintings and music making, to remove things like churches, cathedrals and French Foreign Legion forts. Following his great success with Best Word Book Ever, Richard Scarry went on to create a large number of other children's books in the same style with similar animals, a similar dominance of the art over the text and even similar names, including Best First Book Ever, Best Little Word Book Ever and his last book Richard Scarry's Biggest Word Book Ever.I liked how the family are portrayed for the most part - it's always good to see the Daddy do some of the washing up!

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It points out daily household items and roles, and attempts to modernize gender roles by having the dad wash dishes and referring to certain jobs as person rather than "man" in a middle class hetero family. I really remember this one my little brother Bryan is nine years younger than me and this was one of his favorites.

This book would be a great way to expose kids to words they might not know, which again, helps build their vocabulary. A good example of a children's book with seemingly random words and definitions would be A Hold is to Dig, by Ruth Krauss, which is a book full of silly definitions, but the train of logic pulling you from one definition to the other always feels clear. I remember looking at this book endlessly, never tiring of naming--naming naming naming--a distinct developmental function both enjoyable and useful. At least 14 changes were made, including changing a male "policeman" to a female "police officer" on the front cover, and changing "handsome pilot" to "pilot" and "pretty stewardess" into "flight attendant. We borrowed this one through our local library and the READS system with Overdrive to my Kindle Fire.