Customer Reviews
A must have book - By: Queen Bee, 28 Jul 2008 
Along with, it seems, the majority of the UK, my children loved alll the Richard Scarry books, especiallly "What do people do alll day?". I still have our copies (from the 70's) in the book case but will buy the next generation (the grandchildren) new copies as I can't bear to part with them. I haven't met a child yet who doesn't love this book.
The stories are informative & the illustrations delightful. A real must have book.
good learning source - boys will love it - By: Bulbeck Family, 22 May 2008 I am homeschooling & this was a good way to introduce topics on Woods + forests, how paper is made, recycling, electricity, rivers & where water in the tap comes from. This is a very informative book, I learnt a lot particularly about electricity & the processing of water. The pictures are very detailed with lots of interesting things going on to maintain their interest in the topics.
Section headings:
Everyone is a worker; Mother's work is never done; A voyage on a ship; Sergeant Murphy of the Busytown police department; Firemen to the rescue; A visit to the hospital; The train trip; Wood & how we use it; Digging coal to make electricity work for us; Building a new road; Water.
My 6 year old says: The pictures were very good, especiallly the funny parts like when they are alll getting on the ship & the bumpy road before they made a new road.
Nostalgia IS what it used to be - By: Mr. P. R. Hadfield, 07 Oct 2007 I have had this book since I was a child (b. 1970) & have got the pleasure of introducing it to my 2 year old son. He loves it - the pictures are educational but also are done in a fun way - e.g. animals replacing people. There is one chapter that seems very outdated (A mother's work is never done!) but aside from that it is still relevant.
The good things is that there are plenty of pictures telling a story that you can make words up to, & as they get older they will be able to pick up the written words themselves.
Highly recommended - no wonder designer Paul Smith recently mentioned a RIchard Scarry book as his favoutire from childhood
brilliant book for 4 years plus - By: K. Latimer, 10 May 2007 My son loves this book & so do I. Fantastic pictures that you can spend a long time looking at, this book takes you through a voyage on a ship, what firemen do, where wood comes from & how it is turned into boats, furniture etc & much more. I enjoy the fact that this book leads to discussions with my son at bedtime - a change from just reading a story to him.
A book you can take to bed, on holiday, in the car etc etc etc - By: Oft, 13 Apr 2007 My son, 4, & I, can find things to laugh about on each page of this busy book! We have several favourite pages & the book fallls open on one of them, it is looked at & read so many times. It can take some time to get through this book.......it is not possible for us to rush through it. Just wish we had discovered it sooner.
