An edition of What Do People Do All Day? (1968)

What Do People Do All Day?

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An edition of What Do People Do All Day? (1968)

What Do People Do All Day?

  • 3.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 33 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

INSIDE FRONT COVER is labeled with numeral 2 on the lower left corner.
Top of page text reads, "Welcome to Busytown. We all live in Busytown and we are all workers. We work hard so that there will be enough food and house and clothing for our families.".

Following the above text, are drawings of characters in work apparel with their names beneath each are organized by Job Type and/or Animal Family, and appear in the following order. Words shown below in parenthesis are my notations.

Mortimer (mouse)
Mayor Fox (holding a sign that reads, "Welcome to Busytown")
Farmer Alfalfa (goat)
Grocer Cat (calico male cat [identified by wearing pants])
Mother (calico female cat [identified by wearing a dress])
Huckle (calico cat)
Captain Salty (calico cat)
Lookout Louie (mouse)
King Coal (beaver, identified by 2 large front teeth)
Captain Reddy, the pilot (not sure what animal?)
Sarah (cat)
Able Baker Charlie (mouse)
Chief Road Engineer (brown bear)
Mother (brown bear)
Betsy (girl brown bear)
Grandma (brown bear)
Bugdozer (small green/white bug sitting on a small bulldozer machine)

FACE PAGE is labeled with numeral 3 on the lower right covern.
Top of page text reads, "Children are workers, too. Many children are helper workers. Are you a helper?". The following characters are on this page. Words in parenthesis are my notations.

Nurse Nell (cat)
Doctor Lion
Stitches (bunny holding a tape measure)
Blacksmith Fox
Daddy Pig (dressed as a house painter)
Mommy (pig using a vacuum)
Harry (pig holding a floor mop)
Sally (pig drying a dish)
Mommy Stitches (bunny w/baby bunny)
Abby (bunny)
Lowly Worm (wearing a red hat)
Wild Bill Hiccup (raccoon dressed as a Native American)
Following are drawings of Firemen pigs: Smokey, Sparky, Snozzle
Sawdust, the carpenter (cat holding a hammer and ladder)
Zip, the postman (raccoon with mail bag full of letters)
Sergeant Murphy (brown bear wearing a white helmut and blue uniform with 3 yellow sergeant strips on arm; he's stitting on a red motorcycle.

Text at bottom of this page reads: "Come! Let us see the many different workers working at their jobs."

Page 4 contains the following text at the top of page: "This is Busytown. My, what a nice town!". Following are illustrations of a Red Building with a tower that reads, "Town Hall"., and "Hotel Sun" building, and a green building labeled, 'Post office". At the bottom of page is the copyright information:
"Copyright, 1968, by Richard Scarry"
"All rights reserved..."

Page 5 is the Title Page with illustrations of a red building and beneath windows are descriptions of the people inside and what job they're doing.

The rest of the book contains descriptions of the Town of Busytown and the various activities that operate to keep the people, businesses, and utilities running efficiently. Colorful illustrations throughout the book dominate every page with text interspersed between the illustrations.

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Cover of: What Do People Do All Day?
What Do People Do All Day?
May 3, 2005, HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Cover of: What Do People Do All Day?
What Do People Do All Day?
May 3, 2005, HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Paperback
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What Do People Do All Day?
May 3, 2005, HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Hardcover - New Ed edition
Cover of: What Do People Do All Day?
What Do People Do All Day?
February 5, 2001, Picture Lions
Cover of: What Do People Do All Day?
What Do People Do All Day?
February 5, 2001, Picture Lions
Hardcover - New Ed edition
Cover of: What Do People Do All Day
What Do People Do All Day
October 1983, Caedmon Audio Cassette
Audio cassette in English
Cover of: What Do People Do All Day?
What Do People Do All Day?
1977, Hamlyn
in English - Rev. ed.
Cover of: What do people do all day?.
Cover of: What do people do all day?

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First Sentence

"How many workers are there here?"

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7263556M
Internet Archive
whatdopeopledoal0000scar
ISBN 10
0007189508
ISBN 13
9780007189502
Library Thing
25456
Goodreads
117176

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