New Releases by Maurice Sendak

From one to ten and back again, children have been counting along with One Was Johnny for over fifty years! Now in a larger, 5 x 7 trim size, this charming book about a boy and his many visitors is one that children and their grown-ups will want to count along with again and again. This beloved classic from Maurice Sendak has helped introduce counting to generations of children. This edition is perfect for lap sharing and as a baby shower gift.

Join Maurice Sendak in his mischievous retellings of Hector Protector and As I Went Over The Water. This hilarious little book is packed with the charm and humour of the great Maurice Sendak, creator of Where The Wild Things Are. The perfect bedtime story for little ones.

Whether it’s January, June, or December, every month is perfect for Chicken Soup with Rice! In this beloved classic, Maurice Sendak blends his signature artwork with rhymes you’ll want to read over and over—in every season. Chicken Soup with Rice, along with the other three classic Nutshell Library titles (Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, and Pierre), is the first board book edition of Maurice Sendak’s original work. You loved Nutshell Library as a miniature collection, and these large board books will make it even easier for children to share with their grown-up readers.

Alligators All Around, along with the other three classic Nutshell Library titles (Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre), is the first board book edition of Maurice Sendak’s original work! You loved Nutshell Library as a miniature collection, and these large board books will make it even easier for children to share with their grown-up readers. From A to Zippity zound, Alligators All Around has made learning the ABCs fun for over fifty years. The combination of Maurice Sendak’s signature humor and artwork creates all-around irresistible alphabet fun.

A daring imagination has woven a simple rhyme into a brilliantly original tale about Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who seeks Experience and becomes the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre.

Fifty years after Where the Wild Things Are was published comes the last book Maurice Sendak completed before his death in May 2012, My Brother''s Book. With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing. Pairing Sendak''s poignant poetry with his exquisite and dramatic artwork, this book redefines what mature readers expect from Maurice Sendak while continuing the lasting legacy he created over his long, illustrious career. Sendak''s tribute to his brother is an expression of both grief and love and will resonate with his lifelong fans who may have read his children''s books and will be ecstatic to discover something for them now. Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic and Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt contributes a moving introduction.

Since the publication of his classic Outside Over There in 1981, Maurice Sendak’s book illustrations have focused on interpreting the texts of such authors as James Marshall, Tony Kushner, Wilhelm Grimm, Ruth Krauss, Herman Melville, and Mother Goose. And beginning in 1980, with his sets and costumes for The Magic Flute, Sendak launched a busy second career as the designer of stage productions of opera and ballet. Now comes Bumble-Ardy, the first book he has written as well as illustrated in thirty years. Bumble-Ardy has evolved from an animated segment for Sesame Street to a glorious picture book about a mischievous pig who reaches the age of nine without ever having a birthday party. But all that changes when Bumble-Ardy throws a party for himself and invites all his friends, leading to a wild masquerade that quickly gets out of hand. In this highly anticipated picture book, Sendak once again explores the exuberance of young children and the unshakable love between parent (in this case, an aunt) and child.

On the front steps and in the cellar of ten-year-old producer-director Rosie''s Brooklyn row house, Rosie herself and her Nutshell friends put on a musical extravaganza.

Milo travels into The Lands Beyond when he drives his small electric car through a miniature tollbooth gate

Escape to a land of Wild Things to discover that being with people who love you best is more important than misbehaving. Get into Max''s mindset and decide whether he regrets being a Wild Thing. Match the beginning of a word with its ending. Transform words from the story in their past tense to their present tense. Complete statements about the story by adding the word ''before'' or ''after'' to make them true. Students describe a time when they made ''mischief'' just like Max, and what the consequences were. Create a Wild Things menu complete with meal, vegetables, drink, and dessert. Students compare themselves with Max to see what things they have in common in a Venn Diagram. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom''s Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: This story is based on a mischievous boy named Max, who dresses up in a wolf suit and does things he shouldn''t. His mom gets upset and calls him a Wild Thing! Max retaliates by screaming back to his mom, "I''ll eat you up!" From within his imagination, Max''s room goes from forest to ocean with Max inside the little boat where he comes up to the land of Wild Things. Max becomes lonely and he smells good things to eat. Wanting to be with someone who loved him best of all, he leaves the land of Wild Things. He comes back to his own room where he finds his supper, still hot, waiting for him.

They''re all here! Everybody''s favourite monsters are just going about their business when a plucky little boy wanders into their zany house. In one hilarious pop-up extravaganza after another, this tiny tot shows those monsters a thing or two. This is the first pop-up book from award-winning Maurice Sendak, who has received the Caldecott Medal for ''Where the Wild Things Are'', the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

First published in 1957, Very Far Away is the second book Sendak both wrote and illustrated. In this story, a young boy with a new baby sibling, must learn to cope with his sudden lack of attention. He goes out searching for ''very far away''.

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The sign on Rosie''s door said "If you want to know a secret, knock three times" so her friend Kathy knocks and discovers that Rosie is now Alinda, the lovely singer ...

Maurice Sendak has interpreted these old'' Mother Goose rhymes in animated sequences that have the aliveness and immediacy of a child''s own imaginings. There is little in these verses to suggest the settings, the characterizations, the unforeseen twists and turns of Mr. Sendak''s fantastical picture-stories. They extend the boundaries of the short rhymes and add surprising dimension. The many admirers of Where the Wild Things Are and The Nutshell Library will recognize in Hector Protector and the seafarer of As I Went Over the Water the same pugnaciousness, love of mischief, and derring-do that characterize Max and Pierre. And they will agree that Mr. Sendak has created a true picture book of astounding originality.

All stories written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak** WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (Music and narration by Peter Schickele): When Max is sent to bed without supper, he sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. He becomes the king of all wild things--until he misses his real home. THE NUTSHELL KIDS (From The Nutshell Library): These charming poems set to music sing and dance through the alphabet, good manners, numbers, and the months of the year. Stories include Alligators All Around, Pierre, One Was Johnny, and Chicken Soup With Rice. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN (Narrated by Peter Schickele): Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Who2s in the night kitchen making all the clatter?(Ages 3 to 10).

Rêve fou d''un enfant d''une cuisine à un vol en avion...

A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

Maurice Sendak''s beloved Where the Wild Things Are, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal, is now available in a newly revised Spanish edition exclusive to Harper Arco Iris. Spanish speakers and listeners will now be able to join Max as he sets sail and becomes king of all Wild Things.

1971 Caldecott Honor Book Notable Children''s Books of 1940--1970 (ALA) Best Books of 1970 (SLJ) Outstanding Children''s Books of 1970 (NYT) Best Illustrated Children''s Books of 1970 (NYT) Children''s Books of 1970 (Library of Congress) Carey-Thomas Award 1971--Honor Citation Brooklyn Art Books for Children 1973, 1975

Maurice Sendak''s Caldecott Honor-winning book, In the Night Kitchen, is now available as a coloring book. The complete text and black and white illustrations are included, so children can color every page of the story.

Caldecott Winner.

We are all in the dumps For diamonds are thumps The kittens are gone to St. Paul''s! The baby is bit The moon''s in a fit And the houses are built Without walls Jack and Guy Went out in the Rye And they found a little boy With one black eye Come says Jack let''s knock Him on the head No says Guy Let''s buy him some bread You buy one loaf And I''ll buy two And we''ll bring him up As other folk do Two traditional rhymes from Mother Goose, ingeniously joined and interpreted by Maurice Sendak.