Richard Scarry's 100 First Words

by Richard Scarry

This Richard Scarry board book introduces babies and toddlers ages zero to three to Busytown friends Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat as well as 100 essential first words!

This super-sturdy casebound board book introduces babies and toddlers ages zero to three to 100 essential first words and to the artwork of Richard Scarry! Illustrated with images of everyday items from Richard Scarry’s most-popular Busytown books, there's something fun to find on every page! Perfect for learning and for play—and also a great way to introduce young children to the friendly characters in Richard Scarry’s Busytown!
 

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

16 pages, Board Book

Published May 31, 2022

About the author

RICHARD SCARRY is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! In his extraordinary career, Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.

Reviews

[Synthia Salomon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Baby falls asleep to this one

Five year old is learning sight words and spelling

She’s mastered all but maybe 3-4 of the 100

[Ronan Crutchfield]

I had fun pointing at things in this book and hearing my mom read what they were

[Rachel Nesman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a book received from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. This was a book with lots of pictures and short little captions below each one that help a child learn their first words. It was cute and well illustrated.

Son’s review: he got really excited by the “eating breakfast” page (he loves to eat) and kept turning back to the “getting dressed” page to look at shoes.

[Kate M. Colby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack received this book from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

He seemed to like the food and playground pages, but for the rest, he played and looked up occasionally while I pointed out the objects. It seems to have a good range of vocabulary words and might be a helpful book for when he starts to read and spell as well.

[Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Def prefer this one over any other editions for Scarry in introducing first words to babies. We read this book way longer than intended because the kiddos kept pointing out and commenting on all the details. Def favorite !

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun and easy way to get a sense of my MLL kids' word and vocabulary knowledge of common English words and for them to associate the letter symbols with visuals that they can name. They are so proud when they can fly through it. Also, it gives me some sense of their knowledge of print.

[Tony Petry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice introduction to words. My daughter received this from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, and she knows a few words in it but enjoys say shoes and socks more than the others. I think this will come in handy for when she gets older.

[Le Maistre Chat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Imagination Library book.
My daughter asked me to read it three times in a row the day we got it.
It seems to not be a real Richard Scarry book, based on the 2022 publication date (he died in 1994), but just collages of his art.

[Amy]

The favorite book of the day for Kai!!

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

DPIL

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really stands the test of time! I had this as a child and remember it (and read it with my own baby) as an adult. She loves the detailed spreads.

[Arlo Panzera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Large picture book with labels identifying most of the objects. As all Richard Scarry books, it’s packed with cute animals and tons of attention to detail.

[Jess Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun. Simple. Helpful.

[Robert Drake · Rating 5 out of 5]

This 📙 book would be great for a very young 🧒 child.

[Kayla Hill]

Miles loves these illustrations 🥹

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not really a story so it's hard to read this one for the baby

[Story Doyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know it’s a classic, but I prefer books with a plot.

[Child960801 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful Busytown illustrations looking at words throughout the day.