Richard Scarry's What do people do all day? /
What do people do all day?
written and illustrated by Richard Scarry.
- 2015 edition.
- 95 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
- Richard Scarry's busy world .
- Scarry, Richard. Richard Scarry's busy world. .
Originally published in a slightly different form by Random House Children's Books, New York in 1968.
Everyone is a worker -- Building a new house -- Mailing a letter -- Mother's work is never done -- A voyage on a ship -- Sergeant Murphy of the Busytown Police Department -- Firemen to the rescue -- A visit to the hospital -- The train trip -- The story of seeds and how they grow -- The airplane ride -- Wood and how we use it -- Digging coal to make electricity work for us -- Building a new road -- Cotton and how we use it -- Where bread comes from -- Water.
Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food.