{"id":6009,"date":"2015-11-10T18:01:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2015-11-10T18:03:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:03:17","slug":"tonight-the-story-of-richard-scarrys-busytown-with-special-guest-lecturer-huck-scarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/11\/10\/tonight-the-story-of-richard-scarrys-busytown-with-special-guest-lecturer-huck-scarry\/","title":{"rendered":"TONIGHT: The Story of Richard Scarry\u2019s Busytown with Special Guest Lecturer Huck Scarry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Busytown, the\u00a0bustling\u00a0small town and home to such resident characters as Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Mr. Frumble, Police Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Fixit, and Hilda Hippo, was first depicted in the book\u00a0<em>Richard Scarry\u2019s Busy, Busy World<\/em>. \u00a0The fictional\u00a0town was a central feature in several Richard Scarry books and has been depicted through time in a variety of formats, including games, toys, activity books, and an animated series.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Scarry, the popular and much-loved American author and illustrator of over 300 children\u2019s books, is known for such classics as<em> Richard Scarry\u2019s Best Word Book Ever<\/em> released in 1963, <em>Richard Scarry\u2019s Busy, Busy World<\/em>(1965),\u00a0<em>Richard Scarry\u2019s Storybook Dictionary<\/em> (1966), and <em>What Do People Do All Day<\/em> (1968). \u00a0Selling millions of copies <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/nclc\/files\/2014\/09\/Huck-Scarry-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1243 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/nclc\/files\/2014\/09\/Huck-Scarry-21-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Huck Scarry 2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>during his lifetime, many Scarry books, though\u00a0regularly updated and re-issused, have never been out of print. \u00a0Several have have been translated into over 20 languages.<\/p>\n<p>Join us tonight\u00a0<strong>Tuesday November 10, 6:00pm<\/strong> for a special guest lecture \u201c<strong>The Story of <em>Richard Scarry\u2019s Busytown<\/em><\/strong>\u201d with Scarry\u2019s son, Richard \u201cHuck\u201d Scarry II. Also an artist and author of children\u2019s books, Huck Scarry published\u00a0a new Scarry picture book for the first time in the U.S. since the elder Scarry\u2019s death in 1994. \u00a0With\u00a0<em>Richard Scarry\u2019s Best Lowly Worm Book Ever!<\/em> Huck Scarry\u00a0began a season of re-releasing Scarry\u2019s classics to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Richard Scarry\u2019s best-known book,\u00a0<em>Richard Scarry\u2019s Best Word Book Ever.<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/nclc\/2015\/11\/09\/the-story-of-richard-scarrys-busytown-with-special-guest-lecturer-huck-scarry\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busytown, the\u00a0bustling\u00a0small town and home to such resident characters as Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Mr. Frumble, Police Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Fixit, and Hilda Hippo, was first depicted in the book\u00a0Richard Scarry\u2019s Busy, Busy World. \u00a0The fictional\u00a0town was a central feature &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/11\/10\/tonight-the-story-of-richard-scarrys-busytown-with-special-guest-lecturer-huck-scarry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6009"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6016,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009\/revisions\/6016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}