2. Illustrator
•One of best-loved author/illustrators
•A child at heart
•Born in 1919
•Illustrated 150+ books
•Wrote 300+ books
3. Illustrator
•100 million + copies sold worldwide
•Published in 20+ languages
•Awarded the Lifetime Achievement
Award from The Society of Illustrators
in 2012
4. Why?
•Scarry studied commercial art in NY
•Scarry showed portfolio to the Golden Books
editor and found his niche
•Scarry started out by illustrating books for
Golden Books
•Later on: started creating own characters
•His wife wrote books and he illustrated them
5. Process
•Medium: watercolor w/ blue pencil
•Used transparencies & watercolor on
cardboard
•Traced drawings onto acetate paper
•Typed out words, cut them out
& pasted them next to drawings
6. Process
•Cut & paste typing onto acetate
•Had to buy type (all authors in that time
period had to)
•Put circles on pages – to align
transparency with watercolor
8. Comparing
Similarities
• Animal illustrations
• Several books contained
short stories about the
same topics
• Similar characters appear
over and over within several
books
Differences
• “Watch Your step Mr.
Rabbit” is one continuous
story
• The newest book is geared
towards the emergent
reader
9. Comparing
Similarities
• The animals use things that
are used by humans in all
the books
Differences
• Richard Scarry’s Best Word
Book Ever puts words with
pictures
10. Classroom Connections
• Great for emergent readers
• Kindergarten/1st Grade
Classroom
• Wonderful tool for ELL
students
11. Why Use These Books?
• Teaches vocabulary in a fun way
• Children can relate
• Realistic yet exciting
12. Bibliography
• Richard Scarry. (2011). Retrieved from Random House Kids:
http://www.randomhousekids.com/authors-illustrators/detail/520#.UlBxSr9G5G4
• Richard Scarry. (2013). Retrieved from FamousAuthors.org:
http://www.famousauthors.org/richard-scarry
• Scarry, R. (1963). Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever. New York: Golden Press Western Publishing
Company, Inc.
• Scarry, R. (1968). Richard Scarry's What do People do all Day? New York, New York: Random House.
• Scarry, R. (1971). Richard Scarry's Great Big Air Book. New York: Random House.
• Scarry, R. (1972). Richard Scarry's Hop Aboard! Here We Go! New York: Golden Press Western
Publishing Company, Inc.
• Scarry, R. (1974). Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things that go. New York: Golden Press
Western Publishing Company, Inc.
• Scarry, R. (1976). Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever. New York: Golden Press Western Publishing
Company, Inc.
• Scarry, R. (1984). The Best Mistake Ever! And Other Stories. New York: Random House.
• Scarry, R. (1991). Richard Scarry's Watch Your Step, Mr. Rabbit. New York: Random House.
