And that would be OK as a clue if Silverstein was a red herring, Grizzly was also a children's author and Scarry sounded like scary (and also meant something in the same ballpark as Gory, Grim, and Grisly)
And that would be OK as a clue if Silverstein was a red herring, Grizzly was also a children's author and Scarry sounded like scary (and also meant something in the same ballpark as Gory, Grim, and Grisly)
Richard Scarry's surname is indeed pronounced "scary," rather than (as I assumed for many years) "scarr-ry."
That is, it rhymes with Harry, Larry, carry, parry, tarry, and marry, rather than... uh, starry, I guess?
Where I come from, Scarry rhymes with Harry, but Harry does not rhyme with scary.
You can probably triangulate my childhood home with that information. :)