The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Krauss, Ruth

A Very Special House

32 pp. | HarperCollins | November, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-06-028638-5 $$14.95
1953

(2) PS Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. A little boy knows just what a Very Special House should be. It would have a bed to bounce on, a table ("very special where to put your feet feet feet"), and it would be a place to bring any friends--a lion, a giant, some monkeys. Best of all, it would always suggest "MORE MORE MORE"; "NOBODY ever says stop stop stop." The exuberant drawings running over each page are made for lingering looks and chuckles.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1953