Comments on: Shotgun Book Reviews: Bragging from a Helpless Hoarding Dad

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:52:13 +0000

Daddy AJ!! OMG!
Yes, I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER the diorama cutout thingy!!

In my conservative youth, i, did NOT cut out the pages!! i seriously didn’t because I thought ‘oh that would be a waste’…. i’m going to give this book with a pair of scissors to my little boy and make SURE he cuts it up! lol!

I remember there being a big front and back page of the pig character, complete with swirly tail..
(and yes, i think i might have to get TWO copies, just in case it goes out of print!!)

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:30:18 +0000

Ahh, I was going to give you the title. I’m almost afraid to use the book because you destroy the pages to use them. I want to scan the whole thing so I can print ‘em again later (albeit a little smaller on 8×11 instead of 9×11. There’s an entire diorama for cutting, coloring, folding and taping your own mini Busy Town.

By: Ari

Ari — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:30:51 +0000

Thingamamababy dad…. i blame you! i am now going to have to buy this book for our six month old. “Richard Scarry’s Best Rainy Day Book Ever”

hm. they used ‘best EVAR’ before urbandictionary even existed, lol.

By: Ari

Ari — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:25:53 +0000

AJ, I love your blog and now I can give you noe more reason why..

You just mentioned the BEST BOOK EVER!!
“Cars and Trucks and Things that Go”

YES!!! This is my absolute total favorite.
Hmm. now i’m going to be on the search for the Richard Scarry activities book that I used to have as a kid (I don’t even know what it was called but it had cutouts and coloring pages with the Lowly Little Worm!)

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:01:23 +0000

My 5 yo son brought a Magic School Bus home from library day recently and absolutely loved it. That one was Inside the Earth and we learned all about the different types of rocks among other things. He requested I get Inside the Human Body (or something like that) from the public library and loved that one too.

Great books for science-minded kids.

By: Janelle

Janelle — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:34:38 +0000

Looks like you made out pretty well! A fun treasure hunt.

By: noreen

noreen — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:19:21 +0000

my daughter is doing the flat stanley project right now. We are waiting for him to be returned

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:51:09 +0000

We also LOVE Richard Scarry, and have several. Another great gem is Busy Busy World, with stories from countries all over the world. Love them all!

By: Ticia

Ticia — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:14:51 +0000

Actually it’s the other way around. The book series has been wildly popular and like most of the PBS cartoon shows is based off the book series. There are a whole series of very science filled adventures in paperback as well as a few chapter book titles that are very popular in the Magic School Bus series.

By: nrbp

nrbp — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:59:09 +0000

We attended a birthday party recently that was also a book exchange–no presents, no goodie-bags–everyone brought a wrapped book and had the opportunity to trade it in for one someone else had brought. There was a little bit of book envy, but the hosts had provided a few extras and everyone went home happy.