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What Do People Do All Day?
by: Richard Scarry

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9780007189496
ISBN: 0007189494
Label: HarperCollins Children's Books
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Children's Books
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: May 03, 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Studio: HarperCollins Children's Books
Sales Rank: 6407

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A must have book
Along with, it seems, the majority of the UK, my children loved all the Richard Scarry books, especially "What do people do all 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 and the illustrations delightful. A real must have book.

Rating:

- good learning source - boys will love it
I am homeschooling and this was a good way to introduce topics on Woods + forests, how paper is made, recycling, electricity, rivers and where water in the tap comes from. This is a very informative book, I learnt a lot particularly about electricity and 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 and how we use it; Digging coal to make electricity work for us; Building a new road; Water.

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Rating:

- Nostalgia IS what it used to be
I have had this book since I was a child (b. 1970) and 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 There is one chapter that seems very outdated (A mother's work is never done!)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, and 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

Rating:

- brilliant book for 4 years plus
My son loves this book and 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 and how it is turned into boats, furniture etc and 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.

Rating:

- A book you can take to bed, on holiday, in the car etc etc etc
My son, 4, and I, can find things to laugh about on each page of this busy book! We have several favourite pages and the book falls open on one of them, it is looked at and 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.

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