The Busy World of Richard Scarry: It's a Busy, Busy Day!

The Best Busytown DVD Ever
My 3 and 5 year old grandsons love this Busytown DVD. It has many of the episodes that have only been available on YouTube, not a site I usually want my young ones on. I searched for these origial episodes for many years in any format (VCR or DVD). This one is a wonderful collection so many of them. The stories are not only entertaining but they have some good life lessons for young ones. They will be able to view again and again for a long time to come and not get tired of it.

episode list
1. The Talking Bread/ Couscous, The North African Detective/ The Three Fisherman
2. The Best Birthday Present Ever/ Patrick Pig Learns To Talk/ Grounchy Mr. Grankle
3. The Busiest Firefighter Ever/ Manuel of Mexico/ The Biggest Catch Ever
4. Mr. Raccoon's Different Day/ Mario, The Venitian Gondelier/ The Best Babysitter Ever
5. The Best Mistake Ever/ Sneef, The Best Detective In Europe/ Camping Out
6. Mr. Frumble's New Cars/ Ernst And Heidi In The Alps/ Billy Dog's Bad Day
7. The Snowstorm/ Professor Dig And His Egyptian Mummy/ The Treasure Hunt
8. The Accident/ Good Luck In Rome/ The Missing Bananas
9. A Trip To The Moon/ Pip Pip Goes To London/ Floating Bananas
10.Hot Pie/ Hans The Dutch Plumber/ Hilda's Romantic Tea Party

I hope this was helpful!!

Great video
These are the best videos....both my 3 year old and 5 year old are hooked on them. They are very educational, and walk them through the whole problem solving process of solving a mystery without being boring for the kids. ADORABLE and ENTERTAINING!

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Busytown Mysteries: The Biggest Mysteries Ever!

Teaches problem solving
We picked this dvd up to entertain our 3 year old on a long car ride to grandma's. This series is from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). It kept him happily transfixed for many hours. The dvd runs just over 4 hours and is divided into 10 30 minute episodes. Each episode will contain a couple of mysteries. THe characters use problem solving and logic to solve little mysteries around the town (one is example is a smoke alarm that keeps going off) . Very sweet little dvd - highly recommend for for anyone looking for a dvd for a child 3-5.

Scarry is ALWAYS a favorite
Busytown Mysteries with Richard Scarry characters Your favorite characters from Richard Scarry's incredible books come to life in front of your child's eyes. Always teaching a bit about the world of everyday life, the little characters are adored by children everywhere who don't even realize they are learning as they watch. A must for your pre-schoolers.

Our preschoolers and older children love it!
Our children enjoyed "Busytown Mysteries: You & Me Solve a Mystery" so much that we decided to purchase this one to add to our Richard Scarry collection. The videos are just like the books coming to life with all of the cute and colorful characters that children love.

The mysteries stories on this DVD are light and entertaining, just perfect to engage preschoolers and also pique the interest of older children (we have an 8 year old son that loves watching, too). The music is just right - fun and lighthearted - no loud rock or obnoxious hip hop like you see in some children's movies and TV shows.

My only complaint is that I wish they had not included the two episodes about a mummy and a lake monster. Why do people put subject matter like that on DVD's for young children? They can get spooked really easily!

All in all, a great DVD, and one we enjoy over and over. Rest assured, if you love the books you'll loves the Busytown DVD's.

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