Richard Scarry’s Biggest Word Book Ever!

By Richard Scarry

Board Book

Published on Sep 2, 2025 | 14 Pages

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Grades Up to Preschool
Ages 0–3

Join Richard Scarry’s beloved Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat and all their Busytown friends in this classic oversized board book with over 800 delightful words for little ones to discover and learn!

"Two feet high, this board book is as tall as a toddler. Scarry packs countless pictures of his characters on the wide pages, each perky creature identified by a short word or phrase. Strongly constructed, it’s a can’t-fail item for small boys and girls." —Publishers Weekly

Busytown is a big, busy place!

Read about what all your favorite characters get up to in Busytown, from building roads to cleaning their houses, while discovering over 800 fun words. Now back in print, this beloved classic is two feet long, and its giant size encourages physical engagement, making reading an exciting, active experience. It’s perfect for group settings like playdates or classrooms, where multiple toddlers can explore and share together. With so much to see and do, this Busytown book is ideal for early learning and vocabulary building!

ISBN 9780394873749 (Board Book)
Published on Sep 2, 2025
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages 14
Dimensions 16 x 24
Age Range 0-3 years
Grade Up to Preschool

Richard Scarry

RICHARD SCARRY (1919-1994) is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors EVER! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his books filled with all the colorful details of their daily lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. (Whenever he was asked how old he was, Scarry would always put up one hand and laugh, saying, "five!")

Born in 1919, Richard Scarry was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. After five years of drawing maps and designing graphics for the US Army, he moved to New York to pursue a career in commercial art. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books, he found the perfect home for his work. The assignments first given to Scarry tended to be Little Golden Books that featured popular characters of the day, such as Winky Dink, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Smokey the Bear. Eventually, Scarry created his own original characters, such as Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat. But first came Nicholas, a young rabbit clad in red overalls, for the now-iconic classic I Am a Bunny.

In his extraordinary career, Richard Scarry illustrated more than 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world and are currently published in more than twenty languages. Richard Scarry Jr., also an illustrator, carries on his father’s work today under the name of Huck Scarry. Richard Scarry passed away at his home in Gstaad, Switzerland in 1994. He was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.