Scarry, Richard. Richard Scarry's busy world

Originally published in a slightly different form by Random House Children's Books, New York in 1968

Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food

Everyone is a worker -- Building a new house -- Mailing a letter -- Mother's work is never done -- A voyage on a ship -- Sergeant Murphy of the Busytown Police Department -- Firemen to the rescue -- A visit to the hospital -- Train trip -- Story of seeds and how they grow -- Airplane ride -- Wood and how we use it -- Digging coal to make electricity work for us -- Building a new road -- Cotton and how we use it -- Where bread comes from -- Water