Richard Scarry's the Party Pig, Hardcover/Kathryn Jackson
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Description This 1954 Little Golden Book is back in print for Richard Scarry's 100th birthday in 2019 This sweet story about a kindly little pig who gives away all the food that has been set aside for his birthday party--and about his friends who make it up to him with the best party ever--is back in print in the Little Golden Book line Originally published in 1954 and one of Scarry's early projects for Golden Books, it has not been in print in decades. This fun read-aloud with adorable animal characters is sure to become a new family favorite About the Author Kathryn Jackson wrote hundreds of lively, witty stories for Golden Books, most of which were coauthored with her husband, Byron. The Saggy Baggy Elephant is one of the pair's most famous titles. Golden Books that Kathryn Jackson wrote on her own include Tawny Scrawny Lion, Nurse Nancy, Pantaloon, Richard Scarry's The Animals' Merry Christmas, and Richard Scarry's A Story a Day: 365 Stories and Rhymes. Byron Jackson (1899-1949), along with his wife Kathryn Jackson, wrote hundreds of classic and well-known stories, poems, and books for Golden Books, including The Saggy Baggy Elephant, Tawny Scrawny Lion, and A Day at the Seashore. Richard Scarry is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his books filled with all the colorful details of their daily lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. For himself, whenever he was asked how old he was, Scarry would always put up one hand and laugh, saying, "five!" Born in 1919, Richard Scarry was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. After five years of drawing maps and designing graphics for the US Army, he moved to New York to pursue a career in commercial art. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books, he found the perfect home for his children's books. The assignments
