What are the changes? I still have my childhood copy of What Do People Do All Day and my daughter loves it, might get her some of the other Busytown books.
My work blocks Flickr links, but a set there is linked from https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/2wl35/richard_s... and I think that's the one I'm thinking of. Lots of changes for gender equality; I can't get too bothered about that, though "letter carrier" is probably going to lose some kids compared to "mailman".
But they got rid of the scarecrow (and the crow on it)! And a lot of little turns and phrases that were charming, as I recall. But take a look.
Existed. Even from the cover, you can see gender substitution (fine). No need to stereotype gender roles.
But they messed with the art in doing so. Want equal representation of women? Cool, don't care. Just put Dad in the kitchen alone. Don't get rid of the scarecrow just to make room for a woman, because it messes up the whole image. And their art is not up to the original standard.
