I loved Richard Scarry as a kid, and my daughter is now old enough to follow me in that love. I had no idea there was anything beyond books. She's not in that phase anymore, but for about a month, Richard Scarry's big book of words was the only bedtime book she wanted me to read her.

The biggest impact on me, though, is how I think about jobs. "Richard Scarry" jobs seems more _real_ to me than what I do. Often, when I'm sitting in a meeting that seems to drone or at the end of the day when I'm not sure if I've done anything of worth, I dream of Busytown and what job I could slide in to from there.