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K-3
Illustrated by
Maurice Sendak.
Presto and Zesto find themselves in Limboland just in time for the wedding of the sugar beets. But what can they bring for a gift? The droll (but overextended and arbitrary) text includes lots of wordplay. The watercolor illustrations are united in their tone, style, and sense of fun. A note by Yorinks explains how the story came to be, how it was lost, and how it came back together after Sendak's death.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2018
32 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| January, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-266807-3$7.95 New ed. (1962, Harper & Row)
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PS
Nutshell Library series.
The charm of the original boxed set of Sendak's four iconic miniature books may be lost with these board book editions, but everything else stays the same; and the sturdiness of the board books may add appeal to some purchasers. These are classics that belong in every home and library. Review covers these Nutshell Library titles: Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre.
32 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| January, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-266808-0$7.95 New ed. (1962, Harper & Row)
(3)
PS
Nutshell Library series.
The charm of the original boxed set of Sendak's four iconic miniature books may be lost with these board book editions, but everything else stays the same; and the sturdiness of the board books may add appeal to some purchasers. These are classics that belong in every home and library. Review covers these Nutshell Library titles: Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre.
32 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| January, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-266809-7$7.95 New ed. (1962, Harper & Row)
(3)
PS
Nutshell Library series.
The charm of the original boxed set of Sendak's four iconic miniature books may be lost with these board book editions, but everything else stays the same; and the sturdiness of the board books may add appeal to some purchasers. These are classics that belong in every home and library. Review covers these Nutshell Library titles: Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre.
32 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| January, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-266810-3$7.95 New ed. (1962, Harper & Row)
(3)
PS
Nutshell Library series.
The charm of the original boxed set of Sendak's four iconic miniature books may be lost with these board book editions, but everything else stays the same; and the sturdiness of the board books may add appeal to some purchasers. These are classics that belong in every home and library. Review covers these Nutshell Library titles: Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre.
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K-3
For his birthday, pig Bumble-Ardy, defying his sweet aunt Adeline, sends party invitations to nine grubby swine. They arrive in costume, ready to make mischief. Sendak deals with the psychological reality of anarchy unleashed while acknowledging that breaking the rules can be fun. The art draws much from Sendak's theatrical work and references many of his classic picture books.
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4-6
Translated by Lore Segal.
Illustrated by
Maurice Sendak
&
Maurice Sendak.
Originally published as a slipcased two-volume set, then in paperback in 1976 as a joint volume, The Juniper Tree is here published in a handsome hardcover edition that will please Grimm and Sendak fans.
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K-3
This fortieth-anniversary edition of the beloved Caldecott-medal-winning book is a reissue of the 1988 edition, which was reprinted from new engravings made from the original art.
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1-3
This reissue holds up well: Sendak's spare, conversational text presents four episodes of the egocentric ringleader Rosie, a.k.a. Alinda the lovely lady singer, as she alternately charms and bosses four other children on her block. The two-color illustrations with their strong lines convey what many more elaborate pictures fail to: personality, suggestion, and motion.
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1-3
Sendak's text and distinctive sketches create a little boy's unique world blended of the reality inside and outside his window and the make-believe of his dreams. In mood and expression the story is fragile and poetic. The quiet tans and grays of the drawings effectively suggest nighttime and dream worlds, while their lines bring out humor in the action.
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1-3
In this welcome reissue, Jennie the Sealyham terrier, discontented with her life, strikes out on her own to find fame and fortune with the World Mother Goose Theatre. Small and sturdy like its unflappable heroine, this compact volume, with its crosshatched pen-and-ink drawings, offers a bittersweet look at an artist's need for self-expression.
Reviewer: Terri Schmitz
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
February, 1968
12 reviews
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