Best Word Book Ever

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Handsdown most bug-filled children's book I've ever seen, so I deleted it and downloaded it on a different device then in a different app. I am so used to it being 'axe' that when I read 'ax' it made me question the reliability of the book, until I discovered it was an alternate spelling. Just because it's for children, doesn't mean the author doesn't have to put any thought into it at all.

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Scarry had been illustrating children's books since 1950, but this was his first as both author and illustrator. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. 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. It's not a grand set-up for a book, but at least there's connective tissue carrying you through from site to site, simply presenting random objects you might see from place to place, and giving you the names for them. It's a decent enough book though, and with a bit of imagination when reading it aloud, I am sure that children will enjoy it.On each page as the story goes on, there are objects on the page that are related to what the text says, which is a good way to connect words to an image. None of this "Let's sound it out" business; wait until they take an interest, and guide them calmly, without that tension and whoop-de-do that so often comes from a parent when a child first start to look at words. I mean, with the never-ending evolution of gadgets, they can just download educational applications on their smartphones.

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In his extraordinary career, Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print.

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. There's a lot of care, and thought that goes into each silly definition, and the next silly definition that comes after it This word book is just thoughtless, chaotic, lazy randomness. From the offset, it seems as though it's simply going to be Huckle bringing you through a day in his life, showing you all of the commonplace objects he encounters in his life, day-to-day. 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.

Best Word Book Ever - Scarry, Richard: 9780007935284 - AbeBooks Best Word Book Ever - Scarry, Richard: 9780007935284 - AbeBooks

The art for Best Word Book Ever was first drawn in, then painted in, which was by that time Scarry's normal method. Ukrainian Adaptation of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever - Ukrainian-English-French, 2nd interactive Internet edition". I really remember this one my little brother Bryan is nine years younger than me and this was one of his favorites.The individual letters in the lines of text are not even (some float above the bottom of the line, some drop below it). The characters are all anthropomorphic animals, often cats, bears, rabbits and mice, but many other animals are also used.