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Best Word Book Ever! (Giant Little Golden Book) (School & Library Binding) (精装)
by Richard Scarry
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Children's book, Age 0-3, Learning, Word |
| Market price: ¥ 210.00
MSL price:
¥ 158.00
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Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
A pictorial vocabulary book with words grouped under common activities such as mealtime and basic concepts such as weather. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
As an adult I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that my favorite book ever, is this book. As a kid, my brother and I use to fight over who would get to view and use this book. I have both the recently published and my original one that my mom bought us back in the 60s. I've viewed the new edition, and even though I haven't compared "page to page" it still gives me a great laugh, humor that Scarry put in that only adults would see, like the Pigs that are cutting the roast beef for "Meal Time." Hey, where's the Ham! A definite must for every eclectic library.
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Stephen Anderson (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
This is the best book for pre-readers. Great drawings and characters that little ones love, such as Lowly Worm and Kenny and Kathy Bear. Between my two daughters (now 13 and 8), we have read this book so many times when they were little,that we have worn out three copies. I have bought two other copies to put away for when they have their own little ones. I only wish I would have written Richard Scarry a thanks before he passed away.
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B Mistele (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
I think I could highly recommend all of Richard Scarry's books, but this is a one of the classics. This is the book I most identify with Richard Scarry. A large book with loads of things on every page - all with the word underneath. In addition, the cover has numbers to 20 and the letters of the alphabet all with the appropriate corresponding items. This more than anything taught my son not only how to count but what numbers actually mean. I am now buying our second copy; our first is missing it's cover and is torn on many pages. My son is almost 4 years old and has been "reading" this book since he was 9 months old (to himself)! Both he and my husband are big Richard Scarry fans and have converted me. I am buying this book again to begin teaching my son to read.
I highly recommend this book for children from babies to early school age. I don't know a child in my family who doesn't love it!
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Catherine Lynn (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
It can now be said that "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever" is multi-generational. Thirty years ago my mother presented this book to my then 18 month old son. As a new mother I was unfamiliar with "popular" children's books, and my child was beginning to receive many gifts of books - but this one was an immediate favorite both with my son and with me. The illustrations are vivid and delightful, quickly capturing the attention of even "short span" toddlers. The emphasis in this large, hard bound volume is to present the child with objects, places, and activities which are familiar even to the nonverbal toddler, allowing the child to begin expanded vocabulary development. What begins with mommy or daddy asking, "..can you find the apple?" quickly leads to the child pointing to the illustration and proudly speaking, "Apple!" This in turn, promotes the childs desire to expand and identify another object, color, or number! No matter that the two year old points to the kitchen stove and says, "hot", the multiple process of critical thinking combined with advancing verbal skills maintains age appropriate advancement. Eventually the child progresses to the concepts of activities and the beginnings of sentence structure. But it doesn't stop there; each illustration is accurately identified with a discriptive word and even several years later you may find your first or second grader using this book as a combination dictionary/spelling aid.
That first volume given to my child was always at the top of the "stacks" (i.e. no matter how messey the bedroom, the "Best Word Book Ever" could easily be located.) From his growing hands it was passed to four successive siblings. Taped up and dog-eared, but never abused, this wonderful book gave each of my children an edge-up on vocabulary development. No wonder then that when my first grandchild began to show signs of frustration when he did not yet have the "name" for what he wanted that grandma quickly got on-line to order "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever." We have had this treasure for slightly over a week and every day Andrew eagerly searches for a comfortable lap to help him explore what is already his "favorite" book. He adds to his speaking skills at least one and often two or three words daily!
The only (criticism is to strong a word) "suggestion" I would offer to the publishers is some possible updating; my grandson cannot relate to televisions with "rabbit ears", telephones now are both cordless and mobile, and the addition of an illustrated computer would be appropriate and welcome. Thankfully, the best of everyday life remains basically unchanged: homes and families still have the same common features from bedrooms to kitchens, and brushing teeth to pots and pans; a firetruck is red, a monkey lives at the zoo, elephants are also at the circus, and teachers "live" in colorful classrooms. The "Magic" is still there!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
My kids and I really enjoyed reading this book together. My oldest daughter, Dee, received this book as a gift at age 2, back in 1987. The colorful pictures kept her attention and having the names of the pictures was a great asset for association.
My son, Willy, was born in 1988 and Dee would get her Richard Scarry book out and read to him. The bright pictures also kept Willy attention. As Willy got older, the two of them would play the FIND game using Mr. Scarry's book. Dee would ask Willy to find a bus, pencil, etc. They would also use this book to learn to spell the names of the pictures. Mr Scarry's book became one of our best learning tools.
Eileen, my youngest, also enjoyed this book in her early years and still to this day takes the book on road trips with her to play the find game with the older siblings. Our book is well used and has been scotch taped several times, but the kids enjoy this book and have for the past 11 yrs. I truly recommend this book for any family.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
Richard Scarry has done the best job of combining learning with fun. The pictures in his book are bright, colorful, and fun to look at. The words that correspond to the pictures are words that kids can relate to in their everyday activities. My brothers and sisters and I loved to follow the adventures of Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat through Busytown. Definitely a must in any family.
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Kellie (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
My son is in love with this book. My 2 year old is actually using my copy of the book (26th printing, 1979) but this book really stands the test of time. He has learned so many words with the aid of Richard Scarry, his most recent being 'fire truck'. Colorful pictures capture and hold his interest and the array of subject matter in the book is incredible: At the supermarket, various seasons and holidays, shapes and sizes, in the flower garden, clean-up time and so much more. Childhood would not be the same without Richard Scarry. No child should be without this book.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever was a favorite in our family when we were growing up in the 1970's. I bought a new book to share with my one-year-old daughter and it has become one of her favorites. She will page through the book on her own, pointing at different objects in the book and naming them.
My big complaint is that the editors have made extensive changes to the original book. Not only are many pages missing, but there has been a great effort to change artwork and characters in deference to political correctness. Where I thought many of the original characters could be thought to be either male or female, the editors have decided that there were not enough characters that were obviously female, so they have gone back and stuck bows on their heads. It seems they fear that kids will think that women can't work in construction unless they depict a bear with a bow stuck to her head driving a roller. While I believe that little girls can dream of doing any of these occupations, I don't think you need a bow in your hair to be female and I don't think you need to mess with the author's original classic illustrations.
Of course, my daughter is not comparing the book to a previous superior version; she just loves it as it is.
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