Children's book by Ole Risom, illustrated by Richard Scarry ; Golden Press, New York 1963
Excellent condition, hard pages (A Golden Sturdy Book) Not a library discard;
Richard Scarry, well known ilustrator and author of "Busytown" books.
The Busytown books were also adapted into an animated series, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, which was produced by CINAR Animation and Paramount Television and ran on Showtime from 1993 to 1997 and later reran in the late 1990s on Nickelodeon and Noggin. A further animated series, Busytown Mysteries was commissioned by CBC Television from the Cookie Jar Group (the successor to CINAR) in 2007, and airs on the Kids' CBC Block morning program. Busytown was also featured at the Carnegie Science Center from June 13 through September 8, 2002 in an interactive exhibit entitled "Richard Scarry's Busytown."[2]
