Richard Scarry Google Logo Honors 'Busytown' Creator's 92nd Birthday (PICTURE)

Today, Google's homepage logo features the bustling, animals-only city called Busytown, created by author and illustrator Richard Scarry.

Scarry was born on June 5, 1919, and authored over 250 books for children. According to the New York Times, Scarry's works sold over 100 million copies in the U.S. and elsewhere.

In honor of what would have been Scarry's 92nd birthday, Google has transformed its usual logo into Scarry's Busytown, complete with animal inhabitants going about their day. And on the Google results page, Scarry's beloved character Lowly Worm can be seen in place of the Google logo's "L."

Visit Google to see both Scarry-inspired doodles. You can also view Google's recreation of Busytown (below).

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Comments

[Hypnos Rises]

09:33 PM on 06/07/2011

Richard Scarry is cool! I always read his stuff when I was a kid.

[LisaCACO]

10:00 PM on 06/06/2011

I love richard scarry. my parents never gave me his books. first ran into them when I worked at a toy store at 17. Bought a stuffed lowly worm and never looked back.

[Hamidreza Mohammadi]

02:24 PM on 06/06/2011

Hi
If I want to send Google logo design vase where I'll send thanks

[dreamsugar]

12:11 PM on 06/06/2011

Love it!

[CdnMomma]

07:59 PM on 06/05/2011

Didn't work for me.. I feel jipped!

[Jackie2000]

02:04 PM on 06/05/2011

Kind of amazing....that Lady Gaga did in sales in one week......what took Richard Scarry more than 70 years.....sell 100 million copies of their respective works.

Kinda puts it all in perspective.