New book by classic children's author Richard Scarry will be released
A new work by children鈥檚 author Richard Scarry is being released 20 years after his death.
Scarry鈥檚 son Richard Scarry Jr. found text and illustrations for a book under his father鈥檚 desk, he told . He realized that the only things missing were final versions of the art, which he decided to do himself. Scarry, like his father, works as an illustrator.
The book, titled 鈥淏est Lowly Worm Book Ever!,鈥� will be published in America on Aug. 26. It was previously published in 2013 in the UK by HarperCollins.
Scarry told NPR of his fondness for the book鈥檚 protagonist.聽
鈥淸Lowly Worm] is so optimistic and he can do everything,鈥� he said. 鈥淛ust because he has this one foot, he can stretch and he can tie himself into knots and he's very bright and funny and he's just a wonderful character. I love working with him.鈥澛�
He said he thinks his father was an expert at appealing to multiple generations.
鈥淗e loved to put a lot of things on the pages so the children would have a lot to look at, and he also wanted the parents to have a good time,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd there are little asides here and there, little wacky things that you just pick up on and find amusing somehow.鈥�
