Richard Scarry, a best-selling author and illustrator of children’s books, died Saturday at Saanen hospital in Gstaad, Switzerland. He was 74. The cause was a heart attack, said his son, Richard Jr.

Fans of Busytown’s amiable residents are in for a treat. Richard Scarry’s Best Lowly Worm Book Ever!, a never-before-published book starring this Tyrolean hat-sporting character, will be released by ...

Mr. Frumble chases his flyaway hat only to see it flattened and incredibly enlarged by Busytown traffic in Richard Scarry's Mr. Frumble's Biggest Hat Flap Book Ever! True to its title, the oversize ...

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For my family, reading Scarry together was itself like a car trip — the rare sort where no one gets cranky and the world, as seen from the back seat, is fresh and startling. From “Richard Scarry’s ...

If you are a parent or a former child of a certain age, you probably read large format books by Richard Scarry (1919-1994), like “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go” or “What Do People Do All Day?” ...

Beloved children’s book author Richard Scarry was born on this day, June 5, 1919. Among the many books he published during his 45-year career were “Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever,” “Good Night, ...

Richard Scarry's Best Videos Ever! In this classic video series, kids learn how to read, write, count, sing, dance, pretend and use their imaginations about the things they do and even go on musical ...

My first favorite author was Richard Scarry. Parents the world over know Scarry’s illustrated children’s books, the most famous of which explored his fictional “Busytown,” which was populated with ...

There’s a new addition to the busy world of Richard Scarry. Next August, Random House will publish Best Lowly Worm Book Ever, a charming picture book starring one of Scarry’s most recognizable and ...

Author and illustrator Richard Scarry penned some of the most iconic children’s books of the past few decades, like the Busytown series about animals doing human jobs in a pretend town. More than 100 ...