Busy, Busy Town

If my previous post was about a cute little board book, 'Busy, Busy Town' is a HUGE book. Unless my previous posts, this is not a conventional story book. Neverthless, this will get a one year old to Pre-schooler engaged for some time. This book is kind of a cross between a picture book and a story book.The book is about daily life at Busy Town. It gives the child behind-the-scene information about various jobs that people are involved in. For babies, it is a colorful picture book showing bakers, postman, doctors, nurses, teachers and so on. Good to build vocabulary and imagination. For toddlers and Pre-schoolers, this book gives a general idea about various professions. It is a good book to turn to before a visit to doctor or after a trip to supermarket. They will be able to relate it to the scenarios easily.

Luckily my reading this book coincided with little D's visit to Post Office from her school. She posted a "Mom and Dad, I Love You" post card on her visit and we were so excited to get it on mail. So, she was really happy when I read her the part in the book where Huckle cat posts a letter to grandma and how the letter travels all the way to Grandma's hands.

This book is written by Richard Scarry who is the author of lots of children's classics like "The best storybook ever" and "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go". The main characters of this book Lowly worm and Huckle cat are present in many other titles by Scarry. The illustrations are interesting and colorful. All the characters are animals. So kids will be interested to find Dr. Lion, Farmer Pig and Mother Cat. Throughout the book we can find animals like cat, dog rabbit, pig, cow, sheep, worm, mouse, wolf, bear, porcupine etc. There are some funny situations like class getting dismissed after school janitor Joe accidently drops water on pupils and plumber nose deep in water trying to fix a leaky pipe and many more situations to get your little one chuckle.

The book starts with everybody rushing for work and ends with Sergeant Murphy going home for dinner after a busy day in Busy Town. A good book to read while our little ones are relaxing after their own busy day. I have to agree with Scarry on what he says in this book. "There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books." They make our life so colorful! So cuddle up and enjoy!!