Birthday Boy: Richard Scarry
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If you know who Richard Scarry's replacement is in the pantheon of illustration gods, please get in touch! His narrative formula, sense of humor, and seemingly effortless technical skills still blow me away. My kids have grown up and we don't read Scarry's "Busy" books any more but I miss them a lot.
There's a fun and supportive biography of Scarry written by Ole Ransom and Walter Retan, his editor at Random House. The sense of play and affection is pervasive.
