Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever was published in 1963 and became a best-selling children's book. Scarry had been illustrating children's books since 1950, but this was his first as both author and illustrator and started him on the "Best Ever" series. The book contains over 1,400 labelled pictures and sold over seven million copies in 12 years. In all, Scarry wrote and illustrated over 300 books and Best Word Book Ever is his most successful.[citation needed] This template name redirects to {{[[Template:|]]…}} which may be edited using [[ edit]]. See also