Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town

I bought this for my little boy as I vaguely remember reading it when I was little. Love the art style and my boy does too, some elements in these books are quite American (crosswalk etc.) so if that upsets you I’d steer clear.

３歳のわが子に買い与えてみました。 この半年ほど、録画したNHKの「えいごであそぼ」のほか、DVDの「 CatChat for BABIES 0歳からの聞き流し英語 [DVD ]」などを繰り返し見てきました。まさに聞き流し、見流しというところで、特に親が介入することはなかったのですが、それでも何となく英語の発音を繰り返して真似したりしていました。 また、親の私は留学や英会話学校は行っていないもののある程度英語がわかるほか、かつては American Accent Training (American Accent Traning) 、いまは Get Rid of Your Accent: The English Pronunciation and Speech Training Manual を使って発音矯正してきたので、簡単な英語の本をベースの会話練習なら自宅でもできるかと思い、その下地作りのためこちらの本を教材として選びました。 このほか、 Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever! (Richard Scarry's Best Books Ever!) と Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever (Giant Little Golden Book) も購入しました。どちらかと言うとBusy, Busy Town（とBest Word Book Ever）はBest First Book Everに比べるとストーリー性が弱い感がありますが、それでも、色々見知った物を売っているお店や変わった形の車、こっそり出てくるキャラクターを探して楽しめる内容ではありました。 大人が読んでも、触れる機会のなかった名詞などに出会うことがありとても興味深いです。中高生の頃にpicture dictionaryというか、絵付き単語帳のようなものを購入しましたが、これらのシリーズを買っていたほうがずっと語彙も多いし参考になったような気がします。絵も子供向けなのでリラックスして勉強できたかもしれません。

Loved Richard Scarry as a kid so some of his works were on my to-get list for my child’s library. This book will not disappoint! It’s all about what adults do all day at work and the busy life of the city. The first few pages are set walking through the town and you peak in windows like the bank. Each person seen has a sentence about what they do. Then after several pages of outside, you start going inside: the post office, the school, a woodworking mill. You get all these little vignette scenes of mail delivery from start to finish. About 10 different people per page and each have a sentence. Then there’s other stuff like the farm, the market, an apartment building, firefighters, police officers, doctor’s office. I loved the page on stay-at-home parents because it can show kids how much work your parent actually does when you go to school. Generally a very well-rounded book capturing many part of life. Also many pages! This would be a good book where you can let your child set the pace. They may enjoy a fast flip and to just look at the pictures, or point out some pictures and ask questions, or they may like to mostly flip but then read in detail on pages you know they are interested, like the school page for kids almost ready to start school. Very fun book. Highly recommend.

Good product, but for my son is a bit easy . He is 5 years old

My daughter loves all the Richard Scarry books, especially the big ones like this. It’s been great for expanding her vocabulary and starting conversations. The pictures are busy, bright and very nostalgic. These books give lots to talk about and can hold a kids interest for a long time!