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Patricia "Patsy" Murphy Scarry 1924-1995 married to: Richard Scarry on Sept 11, 1948 children: (1) Richard Jr. "Huck" Scarry (1953- ) grandchildren (2) incl Olympia Scarry (artist) [1] Author of 44 books
Patricia "Patsy" Murphy was a writer of children's textbooks as well as a writer for television shows [2]in the 1940s and then a popular children's book author. She published over 40 books including The Sweet Smell of Christmas, The Bunny Book and Good Night, Little Bear.
In 1947, Patsy wrote advertising copy at Young and RubicamYoung and Rubicam. [3] She met Richard Scarry at a party in Greenwich Village, New York and they were married soon after in 1948. [4]
In 1951 Patsy and her husband moved to the country, to a small cottage on a farm in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Their son "Huck" was born in 1953. [5]
Patsy Scarry wrote under the name Patsy Scarry for years, then changed to publish under the name Patricia M. Scarry. Some of her books were illustrated by her husband Richard, while others had various other illustrators. Many of her books were published under Little Golden Books.
While earlier editions of her books had no author nor illustrator name on the front page, subsequent editions have her husband, the illustrator's name on the front page eg "Richard Scarry's The Bunny Book".
Richard Scarry spoke of his disciplined working habits, supported by his wife Patsy. He kept strict working hours at his home office, during which Patsy was not to interrupt him except for lunch, when "she simply set a ham sandwich and pickles on his desk" and left him to his work. [6]
Patsy and her husband and son moved to Switzerland in 1968 and maintained a home in Gstaad. They returned to Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. each summer. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1994/rt9405/940504/05040146.htm
Books by Patsy
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/215867.Patricia_M_Scarry?page=2&per_page=30
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/38391/patricia-scarry
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse; The Fox and the Crow; The Dog and His Bone
by Patricia M. Scarry, Richard Scarry (Illustrator) 1961
Good Night, Little Bear (Little Golden Book)
by Patricia M. Scarry, Richard Scarry (Illustrator) 1961
The Sweet Smell of Christmas
by Patricia M. Scarry, J.P. Miller (Illustrator) 1970
MY PUPPY by Patricia M. Scarry, Eloise Wilkin (Illustrator) Pub 1955, 4 editions
Just for Fun (Golden Book) 1960
Little Willy and Spike : the adventures of a rabbit and his porcupine friend ill by Lucinda McQueen 1986
The Bunny Book Patsy Scarry ill by Richard Scarry
Big Bedtime Story Book Patsy Scarry ill by Cyndy Szekeres 1980
The JeremyMouse book 1971
Little Richard 1970
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.interviewmagazine.com › art › olympia-scarry
- ^ "What Richard Scarry did all day". 25 August 2021.
- ^ "About the author".
- ^ "Richard Scarry, Author of Books for Children, Dies | the Seattle Times".
- ^ "About the author".
- ^ "Richard Scarry".