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What Do People Do All Day? [Paperback]

Richard Scarry (Author, Illustrator)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
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Publication Date: 4 Mar 2010

Now available for the first time in picture book format, Richard Scarry's classic title, What Do People Do All Day?. Packed with pictures and things to spot on every page, this classic has been refreshed to bring the world of Richard Scarry to a new generation of readers.

What do people do all day? Everyone is busy in Busytown – from train drivers to doctors, from mothers to sailors, in police stations and on fire engines. Follow a colourful collection of busy people working through their busy days. Captain Salty and his crew are getting ready to go on a voyage, Sergeant Murphy is working hard to keep things safe and peaceful, and engineers are building new roads. Another busy day in Busytown!

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  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks (4 Mar 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007353693
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007353699
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 0.8 x 28 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Everyone is busy working, but what do people do all day? Captain Salty and his crew are getting ready to go on a voyage, Sergeant Murphy is working to keep things safe and peaceful. And in the woods lumberjacks are cutting down the trees. It’s a busy day in Busytown.

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous book ruined by the publishers 16 Nov 2009
By M. Johnson
Format:Hardcover
Before I start, I want to make it clear that 'What do people do all day?" is one of my all time favourite books. As a child I adored it and my children now adore my very thumbed vintage (1975) edition so I was delighted to see it back in stock and ordered it as a christmas present for a friends wee girl. I am so disappointed. The pictures are thankfully the same, but the font is awful, the titles to the stories changed for the worst and worse even than that some of the original stories are GONE!!!! Where is building a house, Posting a letter, Bread and how it is made, Cotton and how we use it..... I know that times have changed but it has not stopped my children enjoying the original book. I have sourced a second hand copy and am seriously considering returning this book, only the fact that the illustrations that remain are still as good as ever is stopping me. Shame on you Harper Collins.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Where are the other stories? 20 Mar 2002
By blackbour
Format:Hardcover
Like the other reviewers here I loved this book as a child and bought it again.

However, when I got the book I discovered that at least one third of the old stories are missing!
Caveat emptor!!!

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulously detailed book to learn from 19 Jan 2006
By Toby
Format:Hardcover
We picked up the 1968 edition of this book from a car boot sale some years ago for our boys, and our eldest (now 5) has read it fairly solidly ever since. He pores over the mining pictures (about the only children's book which includes mining), electricity generation and everything else. This has to be the perfect picture book to teach youngsters about the complexity of the world. Now we've been asked by our 5 year old to buy the new edition to replace a rapidly aging older copy!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Give us the original
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