Richard Scarry is one of the world's best-loved children's authors ever! His books are always filled with fun pictures which children can pore over again and again and again. His books have sold many millions of copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages.

 

Richard Scarry was born in Boston, Massachussetts in 1919. He was married to Patricia Scarry, also a children's writer. Their son Huck carries on Richard Scarry's work today. Richard Scarry passed away at his home in Gstaad, Switzerland in 1994. Whenever asked how old he was, he would always put up one hand and laugh: " Five!"  And he was always right!

Richard Scarry