It may be the most educational musical that the Growing Stage has ever offered children — but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great deal of fun. “Busytown” has been sharply adapted from Richard Scarry’s ...

Richard Scarry Jr. used to lie on the floor drawing while his father created the beloved characters of Busytown nearby. "I remember the bottles of ink and lots and lots of paper," he says by phone.

Come sing along to some catchy songs and learn about the meaning of community with some beloved characters based on Richard Scarry’s best-selling children’s series in the musical “Busytown.” The ...

GARDNER — Theatre at the Mount will present the children’s musical “Busytown,” based on the books by Richard Scarry, on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 2 p.m. “Busytown” is always buzzing with activity. But ...

Playhouse on Park premieres “Busytown,” part of their 2014/2015 Young Audience Series, Saturday, Nov. 1. Dawn Loveland directs. Based on Richard Scarry’s identically named children’s book, the play ...

Baker & Taylor imprint Silver Dolphin Books is getting into the app business. It plans to release six educational apps for the iOS and Android platforms in 2013, including two each based on Mercer ...

Richard Scarry died in 1994, but the books he wrote and illustrated remain must-reads for families. “I have a real connection with the pleasure that his little anthropomorphic characters give children ...

Remember Busytown, the village from Richard Scarry’s beloved picture books? It was inhabited by industrious animals–Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Mr. Frumble, police Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Fixit, Bananas ...

Richard Scarry’s 1968 volume “What Do People Do All Day?” is one of those rare books so close to the preoccupations of young children that many kids are thrilled by repeat visits to its sprightly ...

Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day was one of the seminal books of my childhood. There was something about flipping through page after page of anthropomorphized animals delivering the mail and ...