Cars and Trucks and Things That GoRichard Scarry
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
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Why HN recommends it
Dense, detailed illustrations packed with vehicles and everyday scenes that reward repeat reading; parents enjoy it with toddlers, and it includes real-world detail about roads and construction.
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Cars and Trucks and Things That Go is a child favorite and What Do People Do All Day has great depictions of saw mills, flour mills, power plants, and more, but I like Richard Scarry’s I Am a Bunny the most: The pages are filled edge-to-edge…
on “Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the art of children's literature” ↗…everything that was pulled was actually offensive. I'm in my late 40s. I still treasure the high-school graduation gift my parents got me: Richard Scarry autographed one of my well-abused childhood books. Cars and Trucks and Things That Go.
on “Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the art of children's literature” ↗Great blog post, totally agree with it... except, "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go" condescending? If you think Richard Scarry is trying to keep kids engaged with "the false novelty of a carrot car" (!!!) you do NOT understand the appeal of that book to kids, despite the claim to the…
on “How to draw construction equipment for kids” ↗Straight out of Richard Scarry's "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go": https://a.co/d/0778Ou0A If you are a parent of a small child, you will be amazed by the depth and fun of this book. I am always surprised it is not more commonly read.
on “Giant Banana Pulled over in Montana Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Times” ↗…pile of books left on someone's stoop to give away. I was immediately blown away by the whimsy and astonishing care put into every detail. My kids obsessively hunted for the "goldbug" on each page of Cars and Trucks and Things That Go (although they never developed a taste for finding Waldo).
on “Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the art of children's literature” ↗Yes, you can buy them. When I was a child, my friend owned the "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go" book and I spent hours browsing the book by myself when visiting him. When I had children, it was one of the first books that I bought, and they loved it, too, although not quite as much as me. It is…
on “Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the art of children's literature” ↗Man I loved Richard Scary growing up. I initially thought my 1.5 year old didn’t quite have the attention span for Cars and Trucks and Things that Go yet, but recently, after learning the word bus, he picked it up and dutifully started going through each page and finding all of the buses.
on “Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the art of children's literature” ↗I “read” cars and trucks and things that go for my 2 year old every night. He recently found out that goldbug is on every page and now he won’t let me turn the page until we find him. It’s genuinely a lovely book. We got ours from buy nothing,…
on “Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the art of children's literature” ↗Cars and Trucks and Things That Go is a timeless classic, with a fair bit of real world info about how roads are consrructed and paved, and has a TON of re-readability. How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? is an age-appropriate look at where…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids?” ↗