Maurice Sendak
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Series
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten: A Place to Start
2024 Summer Reading K-5 Challenge #18 - Reading is an Adventure - Science Fiction and Fantasy
Caldecott Medal Collection
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2024 Summer Reading K-5 Challenge #18 - Reading is an Adventure - Science Fiction and Fantasy
Caldecott Medal Collection
Caldecott Medal Winners
Summary
Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
2) Bumble-ardy
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Pub. Date
2011
Summary
A mischievous pig, who has never before had a birthday party, invite all his friends to a masquerade party.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Summary
"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...
6) Little Bear
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Series
Pub. Date
[1957]
Lexile Measure
370L
Summary
Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party.
Author
Pub. Date
1954
Lexile Measure
710L
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Summary
In the tiny sea town of Shora, Holland, Lina (one of Shora's six school children) wonders why there are no storks around because storks come to all the other villages. Her queries set off a chain of incidents wherein the five boys, Lina, their teacher, and several other Shorans become engaged in a rather frantic search for wheels to put on their roofs as nest bases for the birds.
Author
Pub. Date
[1956]
Lexile Measure
820L
Summary
Alone in a sampan with his pig and three ducklings, a little Chinese boy is whirled down a raging river, back to the town from which he and his parents had escaped the invading Japanese, and spends long and frightening days regaining his family and new home.
14) The Nutcracker
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Summary
After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and watches him change into a handsome prince.
15) Swine Lake
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Summary
A hungry wolf attends a performance of Swine Lake, performed by the Boarshoi Ballet, intending to eat the performers, but he is so entranced by the story unfolding on the stage that he forgets about his meal.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Summary
The best-selling author of the Wicked Years series presents a visual tribute to the art of Maurice Sendak, in a book that examines Sendak's aesthetic influences from William Blake to Walt Disney; looks at recurring motifs in his work, as well as his profound understanding of the imaginations and emotions of children; and more.
20) The wild things
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Summary
During a fight at home, young Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze.