Richard McClure Scarry was an American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide.
13 Facts About Richard Scarry
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Richard Scarry then studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Archipenko Art School in Woodstock, New York, and the Eliot O'Hara Watercolor School in Goose Rocks, Kennebunkport, Maine, before being drafted into the US Army in 1942.
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The fabric of Richard Scarry's world was woven with a strong sense of community and cooperation.
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Richard Scarry knew children needed to know that they did not have to be perfect all the time.
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Richard Scarry was closely associated with mass-market children's publisher Ole Risom.
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The Busytown books were adapted into an animated series, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, which was produced by Canada-based CINAR and Paramount Television and aired on the pay-TV channel Showtime from 1993 to 1997.
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Richard Scarry's books were popular with children throughout the world with over 100 million copies sold.
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Books by Richard Scarry were revised over the course of their several editions, often to make them conform to changing social values.
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Richard Scarry 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.
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Richard Scarry's son is an illustrator who sometimes works under the name Huck Richard Scarry in his father's style.
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Richard Scarry moved to Vienna, Austria, and has four children.
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Richard Scarry continued as only or primarily an illustrator through 1955, then began turning out original books.
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Richard Scarry illustrated a 1963 edition of The Fables of La Fontaine, and in 1993 put his own stamp on a series of familiar nursery stories.