Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go' Turns 50
Briefly

"Getting rid of stuff usually feels good. People at our town's transfer station seem in far better spirits than shoppers at Walmart. But it can be difficult to let go of objects associated with the innocence and explorations of childhood, and the snuggliest hours of new parenthood."
"The book he created, filled like all his other Busytown books with cute anthropomorphized animals, features plenty of female characters in professional roles. Who could forget Officer Flossy, a resolute vixen who finally apprehends the reckless speedster Dingo Dog after pursuing him across more than 60 pages?"
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