Showing posts with label AUTHOR Richard Scarry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AUTHOR Richard Scarry. Show all posts
27 November 2019

The Busytown Neighborhood in New-York

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Every December the New-York Historical Society lays out a big model train set to visit, and this year’s design celebrates the centenary of...
16 October 2013

I Could Just Eat This Up

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I look askance at our current culture’s habit of declaring that something is the best Thing EVER, so that may slightly dampen my expressi...
04 June 2011

Google’s Tribute to Richard Scarry

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It’s a busy, busy image, but with a little effort one can make out the shapes of six letters. On tomorrow’s smaller logo , Lowly Worm makes ...
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11 April 2011

This is the Past

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From the Boston Globe I learned that Rizzoli has reissued M. Sasek ’s This is… series of travel books for children, such as This is Paris ...
17 December 2009

Writing Advice That Assembled Be Must

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Over at Fomagrams, Dave Elzey shared some thoughts on the end of the linear narrative in fiction , and particularly how that might mean some...
22 June 2009

From 1 to 2

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At the start of the month I mentioned Sterling's contest for Richard Scarry books, celebrating his ninetieth birthday this month. I co...
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02 June 2009

Ooh—Scarry!

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Sterling, the book-publishing wing of Barnes & Noble, has republished eight of Richard Scarry's books. These aren't his best kno...
04 December 2008

Scarry, Lies, and the Anthropomorphic Tradition

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The first author I remember writing a fan letter to was Richard Scarry . I got back a reply on onion-skin stationery. It had an ink drawing ...
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07 November 2007

Page Spreads versus Pages

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Yesterday I promised my thoughts on how picture books and comics work differently, even though they're both made up of words and sequen...
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