Richard Scarry's Busy Busy Town

Love Scary. My 3 year old is obsessed with the crazy cars.

I bought this for my little boy as I vaguely remember reading it when I was little. Love the art style and my boy does too, some elements in these books are quite American (crosswalk etc.) so if that upsets you I’d steer clear.

So much detail and fun with all the Scarry creatures as well as his usual quirky good humour. There’s a job for everyone in this town!

You just can't beat Richard Scarry's books. My children loved them and now my grandson does too.

My one year old grandson loves this book.

Great book,lots for children to look at!

, Busy Town (Hardcover) My grandson was two when his parents requested this book, he is now ten. Whenever we talk about books, he tells me the first book he remembers is this Busytown book. He loved it, and I gave thus book to my younger granddaughter who also loved it. Busytown is where everyone is on their way to work. The grocers stock and sell fresh food; the bankers keep the money safe; the doctors and nurses make sure everyone is healthy; the postal workers collect and deliver letters; the sanitation workers collect trash and recyclables; the lumber workers chop trees to make furniture and houses; and the workers at the docks, railroads and airports help transport people and freight. What we see as we go down the block are all these workers, males and females, doing their work. The illustrations are bright, vivid and colorful, and depict each worker busy at their job. Parents/teachers will enjoy reading this book to their children. The children are excited to see each job and to see and hear about what these workers are doing. Recommended. prisrob 06-30-15

３歳のわが子に買い与えてみました。 この半年ほど、録画したNHKの「えいごであそぼ」のほか、DVDの「 CatChat for BABIES 0歳からの聞き流し英語 [DVD ]」などを繰り返し見てきました。まさに聞き流し、見流しというところで、特に親が介入することはなかったのですが、それでも何となく英語の発音を繰り返して真似したりしていました。 また、親の私は留学や英会話学校は行っていないもののある程度英語がわかるほか、かつては American Accent Training (American Accent Traning) 、いまは Get Rid of Your Accent: The English Pronunciation and Speech Training Manual を使って発音矯正してきたので、簡単な英語の本をベースの会話練習なら自宅でもできるかと思い、その下地作りのためこちらの本を教材として選びました。 このほか、 Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever! (Richard Scarry's Best Books Ever!) と Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever (Giant Little Golden Book) も購入しました。どちらかと言うとBusy, Busy Town（とBest Word Book Ever）はBest First Book Everに比べるとストーリー性が弱い感がありますが、それでも、色々見知った物を売っているお店や変わった形の車、こっそり出てくるキャラクターを探して楽しめる内容ではありました。 大人が読んでも、触れる機会のなかった名詞などに出会うことがありとても興味深いです。中高生の頃にpicture dictionaryというか、絵付き単語帳のようなものを購入しましたが、これらのシリーズを買っていたほうがずっと語彙も多いし参考になったような気がします。絵も子供向けなのでリラックスして勉強できたかもしれません。

Loved Richard Scarry as a kid so some of his works were on my to-get list for my child’s library. This book will not disappoint! It’s all about what adults do all day at work and the busy life of the city. The first few pages are set walking through the town and you peak in windows like the bank. Each person seen has a sentence about what they do. Then after several pages of outside, you start going inside: the post office, the school, a woodworking mill. You get all these little vignette scenes of mail delivery from start to finish. About 10 different people per page and each have a sentence. Then there’s other stuff like the farm, the market, an apartment building, firefighters, police officers, doctor’s office. I loved the page on stay-at-home parents because it can show kids how much work your parent actually does when you go to school. Generally a very well-rounded book capturing many part of life. Also many pages! This would be a good book where you can let your child set the pace. They may enjoy a fast flip and to just look at the pictures, or point out some pictures and ask questions, or they may like to mostly flip but then read in detail on pages you know they are interested, like the school page for kids almost ready to start school. Very fun book. Highly recommend.

Good product, but for my son is a bit easy . He is 5 years old

My daughter loves all the Richard Scarry books, especially the big ones like this. It’s been great for expanding her vocabulary and starting conversations. The pictures are busy, bright and very nostalgic. These books give lots to talk about and can hold a kids interest for a long time!

einfach empfehlenswert. Hatte als Kind selber ein Buch von ihm, habe das meinen Kindern gezeigt und die waren begeistert! Darum besitzen wir inzwischen auch schon ein paar seiner Bücher, alle im Original, denn meine Kinder wachsen zweisprachig auf. Aber ich verschenke sie inzwischen auch gerne an andere Kinder deren Mamas ebenso begeistert sind, da sie dann mit den Kindern gleich mit lernen können (falls sie der Englischen Sprache noch nicht, oder nicht mehr, so mächtig sind) - wenn sie ein bisschen was von der Aussprache verstehen ;-). Die Kinder lieben die großen Bücher wo es so viel zu entdecken gibt und sie haben meiner Meinung nach vor allem auch richtig lange was davon (KiTa- und Grundschulalter auf jeden Fall).