![]() The assignments first given to Scarry tended to be Little Golden Books that featured popular characters of the day, such as Winky Dink, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Smokey the Bear. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books, he found the perfect home for his work. After five years of drawing maps and designing graphics for the US Army, he moved to New York to pursue a career in commercial art. (Whenever he was asked how old he was, Scarry would always put up one hand and laugh, saying, "five!")īorn in 1919, Richard Scarry was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. ![]() No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. ![]() RICHARD SCARRY (1919-1994) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his books filled with all the colorful details of their daily lives. ![]()
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