Books like Richard Scarry's Great Steamboat Mystery
By Richard Scarry
For the kid who loves hunting for clues on every page, this turns bedtime into a search-and-solve mission alongside Busytown's finest detectives. Busy, funny, and full of things to spot in Richard Scarry's crowded, cheerful world.
A curious monkey gets a new bicycle and, ignoring a warning not to wander far, rides off through the neighborhood — helping a paperboy, offering an ostrich a bugle, and getting into more mischief than he bargained for.
A wombat records a week of eating, sleeping, and digging holes — all while patiently training the new human neighbors to hand over carrots on command.
A gang of robbers plots to steal every toy in London on Christmas Eve, but brave Officer Pugh springs into action to catch them — all except one crafty escapee, Grandma Swagg.
A curious cat and his worm friend spend a day exploring their community, visiting the school, farm, post office, and Main Street to see how everyone's job keeps the town running.
A fun-loving king climbs into his bathtub and simply refuses to get out, no matter who arrives to plead with him to come rule his kingdom.
A crew of pirates returns to Jeremy Jacob's backyard to dig up their buried treasure, but first they must quiet his wailing baby sister, Bonney Anne, whom they accidentally woke up.
Two best friends who've already played every game, baked every cookie, and painted every picture decide to try something harder: standing perfectly still and doing nothing for ten whole seconds.
A boy wakes up one morning shrunk to the size of a mouse, and has to handle everyday chores — making his bed, brushing his teeth, watching his baby brother — at a tiny scale, cat included.
A young boy imagines that dinosaurs never disappeared, picturing them back in the world doing helpful, everyday jobs for people instead of roaming wild.
A devoted family dog is left in charge of the baby for an afternoon, and what unfolds between them is captured entirely through wordless, expressive pictures.
