Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever (Giant Golden Book)
by Richard Scarry
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Author: Richard ScarryBrand: Random House
Illustrator: Richard Scarry
Edition: Library Binding
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Deluxe Edition
Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN: 0307155102
Number of pages: 70
Publisher: Golden Books
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- ISBN13: 9780307155108
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever (Giant Golden Book)
Book Review: Could be titled Richard Scarry's "Best Book Ever!"
Summary: 5 Stars
It can now be said that "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever" is multi-generational. Thirty years ago my mother presented this book to my then 18 month old son. As a new mother I was unfamiliar with "popular" children's books, and my child was beginning to receive many gifts of books - but this one was an immediate favorite both with my son and with me. The illustrations are vivid and delightful, quickly capturing the attention of even "short span" toddlers. The emphasis in this large, hard bound volume is to present the child with objects, places, and activities which are familiar even to the nonverbal toddler, allowing the child to begin expanded vocabulary development. What begins with mommy or daddy asking, "..can you find the apple?" quickly leads to the child pointing to the illustration and proudly speaking, "Apple!" This in turn, promotes the childs desire to expand and identify another object, color, or number! No matter that the two year old points to the kitchen stove and says, "hot", the multiple process of critical thinking combined with advancing verbal skills maintains age appropriate advancement. Eventually the child progresses to the concepts of activities and the beginnings of sentence structure. But it doesn't stop there; each illustration is accurately identified with a discriptive word and even several years later you may find your first or second grader using this book as a combination dictionary/spelling aid.That first volume given to my child was always at the top of the "stacks" (i.e. no matter how messey the bedroom, the "Best Word Book Ever" could easily be located.) From his growing hands it was passed to four successive siblings. Taped up and dog-eared, but never abused, this wonderful book gave each of my children an edge-up on vocabulary development. No wonder then that when my first grandchild began to show signs of frustration when he did not yet have the "name" for what he wanted that grandma quickly got on-line to order "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever." We have had this treasure for slightly over a week and every day Andrew eagerly searches for a comfortable lap to help him explore what is already his "favorite" book. He adds to his speaking skills at least one and often two or three words daily!
The only (criticism is to strong a word) "suggestion" I would offer to the publishers is some possible updating; my grandson cannot relate to televisions with "rabbit ears", telephones now are both cordless and mobile, and the addition of an illustrated computer would be appropriate and welcome. Thankfully, the best of everyday life remains basically unchanged: homes and families still have the same common features from bedrooms to kitchens, and brushing teeth to pots and pans; a firetruck is red, a monkey lives at the zoo, elephants are also at the circus, and teachers "live" in colorful classrooms. The "Magic" is still there!
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