Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World

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Retan, Walter; Ole Risom (1997). The Busy, Busy World of Richard Scarry. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 9780810940000. Scarry was sensitive to claims his depictions of female characters in Busytown reinforced general stereotypes,. [9] In one case, he said, his editor labeled a telephone worker Tom the Telephone Man even though he had given the character a pink bow and called her Tina. He refused to accept, however, that they promoted violence. [1] References [ edit ] And speaking of stereotyping -- whoa. What may have passed as "tongue-in-cheek" punny naming of characters when this book was written is largely unacceptable today. A student who wrote stories like these in school would likely be disciplined. a b c Pace, Eric (3 May 1994). "Richard Scarry, 74, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Dies". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017 . Retrieved 5 February 2022.

Books by Richard Scarry were revised over the course of their several editions, often to make them conform to changing social values. His Best Word Book Ever, which first introduced in 1963, was issued in 1980 as a "new revised edition" which altered images and text to remove material which could be perceived as offensive due to gender, ethnic, or religious misconceptions. Characters in "cowboy" or "Indian" costumes were either removed or given nondescript clothing. Moral and religious elements and depictions of gender roles were altered or removed (for instance, a menorah was added into a Christmas scene, and the words "he comes promptly when he is called to breakfast", referring to a father bear, were changed to "he goes to the kitchen to eat his breakfast"). Characters engaged in activities reflecting traditional gender roles were altered so as to make the scenes more gender-neutral (e.g., a male character was added into a kitchen scene, a cowboy was replaced with a female gardener and a female scientist, the phrase "pretty stewardess" was changed to "flight attendant", and male characters engaged in traditionally masculine activities such as driving a steamroller were altered into female characters by the addition of hair bows or pink flowers, etc.). In some cases these changes necessitated removing whole sections altogether, including the "Out West" section, the "buildings" section (which had depicted a church, a cathedral, and a French Foreign Legion fortress), and sections on painting and music making. [16] [17] Clark, Eve V. (January 2020). "Perspective-taking and pretend-play: Precursors to figurative language use in young children". Journal of Pragmatics. 156: 100–109. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2018.12.012. ISSN 0378-2166. S2CID 149933527. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p.100. ISBN 978-1538103739.But the book is hugely Eurocentric, especially Northern/Western European. It spends a huge chunk of the book going on a country-by-country ethnic stereotyping tour of the Nordic and Western European countries. Being of Nordic descent, at first this was entertaining, but when I realized that the book spends almost zero time covering South America, Africa, or Asia, I became disappointed. It also has a bad habit of depicting women as nagging wives. Scarry's papers and drawings are collected in the University of Connecticut archives. [18] Personal life and family [ edit ] The Busy World of Richard Scarry - The Talking Bread". YouTube. 13 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.

Richard Scarry's Puzzletown". CrescentStar.blogspot.com. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 . Retrieved 23 February 2013. While working as a freelance illustrator, Scarry met Patricia "Patsy" Murphy, a writer of children's textbooks, when they collaborated on one such book, and they married in 1948. [7] She is credited with writing many of the stories in his subsequent children's books, such as Good Night, Little Bear, The Bunny Book, and The Fishing Cat. Before moving to Europe, the family lived on a farm in Ridgefield, Connecticut. [19] Get Ready for School (Video 1986)". IMDb. 1986. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12 . Retrieved 2018-06-30.a b c d e f Branwen, Gwern. "Richard Scarry". Archived from the original on 2021-09-21 . Retrieved 2021-11-16.

Best Busy People Video Ever! (Video 1993)". IMDb. 17 August 1993. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017 . Retrieved 30 June 2018. Lodge |, Sally. "An Anniversary and a Rebranding for Richard Scarry". PublishersWeekly.com . Retrieved 2023-11-12. Blasberg, Derek (August 14, 2009). "Olympia Scarry". Interview Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29 . Retrieved 2021-11-16.

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The above two were combined in the omnibus Great Big Mystery Book ( ISBN 0-00-138143-1), also 1969.) Best Silly Stories and Songs Video Ever! (Video 1994)". IMDb. 23 August 1994. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017 . Retrieved 30 June 2018. Carnegie Science Center". Carnegie Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12 – via carnegiemuseums.org. a b Owens, Darryl E. (September 23, 1995). "Scarry's talent: Finding magic in the mundane" ". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2022-04-17 . Retrieved 2021-11-16. Best Counting Video Ever! (Video 1989)". IMDb. 31 August 1989. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017 . Retrieved 30 June 2018.