Richard Scarry updates
I grew up reading Richard Scarry books, as did Dan, and as will John. We enjoy "The Bunny Book" - which isn't the one I find when I search on Google but a different one!
Some of his books have changed, though. One person documented the changes in his "Best Word Book Ever".
The world, in my opinion, is a much less interesting place when men cannot be heros and women cannot be pretty.
Some of his books have changed, though. One person documented the changes in his "Best Word Book Ever".
The world, in my opinion, is a much less interesting place when men cannot be heros and women cannot be pretty.
1 Comments:
At 12:06 AM,
Matt said…
That's a very interesting website! I'm with you on heroes, and those yellow ribbons are just silly, though I think people might legitimately ask why the pilot isn't pretty and the steward(ess) handsome. I don't know. Interestingly, Scarry was still alive in 1991, so it's likely that he did actually participate in making the changes.
We have a 1965 copy of "Busy Busy World", which came from Laura's family. The stories and pictures themselves are great, but some of the names are real doozies, such as "Ah-Choo of Hong Kong" and "Happy Lappy from Finland." And such a focus on nationalities, and mostly Caucasian ones at that! My first thought on reading it was, "Boy, there's no way they'd publish a book like this today." And sure enough, it's out of print, which is a shame.
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