Maurice Sendak Books In Order

Collections

  1. The Nutshell Library (1962)

Chapbooks

  1. The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1968)

Picture Books

  1. Kenny’s Window (1956)
  2. Very Far Away (1957)
  3. Outside Over There (1959)
  4. The Sign On Rosie’s Door (1960)
  5. Alligators All Around (1962)
  6. Chicken Soup with Rice (1962)
  7. One Was Johnny (1962)
  8. Pierre (1962)
  9. Where the Wild Things Are (1963)
  10. Hector Protector And As I Went Over the Water (1965)
  11. Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1967)
  12. In the Night Kitchen (1970)
  13. Ten Little Rabbits (1970)
  14. Some Swell Pup (1976)
  15. Seven Little Monsters (1977)
  16. We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy (1993)
  17. Maurice Sendak’s Christmas Mystery (1995)
  18. Mommy? (2006)
  19. Bumble Ardy (2011)
  20. My Brother’s Book (2013)

Non fiction

  1. Fantasy Sketches (1970)
  2. Caldecott & Co (1988)

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Maurice Sendak Books Overview

The Nutshell Library

This 4 volume boxed set contains an alphabet book, a book of rhymes about each month, a counting book, and a cautionary tale all written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Includes the titles Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre. Titles available separately in library and paperback editions.

Notable Children’s Books of 1940 1970 ALA

The Griffin and the Minor Canon

The first of Frank Stockton’s original fairytales re illustrated by Maurice Sendak. When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself above the great door of the church, and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever.

Kenny’s Window

Kenny dreams of a fabulous land where he would like to live always, and in his search for it discovers many things about himself and about growing up. An unusual, imaginative story…
in which reality blends with make believe.’ ‘SLJ. 1956 Children’s Spring Book Festival Honor Book NY Herald Tribune

Very Far Away

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‘.

Outside Over There

With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go Outside Over There to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin’s bride.

1982 Caldecott Honor Book
Notable Children’s Books of 1981 ALA
1982 American Book Award
1981 Boston Globe’Horn Book Award for Illustration
Best Books of Spring 1981 SLJ
Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 1981 NYT

Children’s Books of 1981 Library of Congress
1981 Children’s Books NY Public Library

The Sign On Rosie’s Door

There was a sign on Rosie’s door that said, ‘If you want to know a secret, knock three times.’ Kathy, Rosie’s good friend, knocked three times and learned the secret that Rosie was no longer Rosie, but Alinda, the lovely lady singer. Adventures with Alinda were fun for Kathy and Sal and Pudgy and Dolly. Even Lenny, who occasionally didn’t believe in Alinda, was delighted by the Fourth of July celebration that Alinda, with the help of the Magic Man, held. At the end of the celebration, Alinda was gone forever, and Rosie had returned, but she soon found something else nice to be. Maurice Sendak, the well known artist and author illustrator of Kenny’s Window and Very Far Away, has written a story of real children, playing as only children know how. Young readers will wish that Alinda lived next door to them.

Alligators All Around

An alligator
jamboree,
with allA through Z.

Chicken Soup with Rice

‘Each month is gay, each season is nice, when eating Chicken Soup with Rice.’ It’s nice in January, April, June, and December here’s the every month dishfor everyone to remember. Full color.

One Was Johnny

One Was Johnny but that’s not all, count all the others who came to call.’

Pierre

Pierre‘s I don t care! intrigues a hungry lion. A story with a moral air about Pierre, who learned to care.

Where the Wild Things Are

In the forty years since Max first cried ‘Let the wild rumpus start,’ Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best loved children’s books of all time. Now, in celebration of this special anniversary, introduce a new generation to Max’s imaginative journey to Where the Wild Things Are. Winner, 1964 Caldecott MedalNotable Children’s Books of 1940 1970 ALA1981 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Illustration1963, 1982 Fanfare Honor List The Horn BookBest Illustrated Children’s Books of 1963, 1982 NYTA Reading Rainbow Selection1964 Lewis Carroll Shelf AwardChildren’s Books of 1981 Library of Congress1981 Children’s Books NY Public Library100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1988 NY Public Library

Hector Protector And As I Went Over the Water

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.

Higglety Pigglety Pop!

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 .’ ‘H. Superb fantasy.’ ‘BL. Notable Children’s Books of 1967 ALA1968 Fanfare Honor List HBest Books of 1967 SLJChildren’s Books of 1967 Library of Congress

In the Night Kitchen

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

Some Swell Pup

The Wise Passerby helps two children establish a happy relationship with their new rambunctious puppy.

Seven Little Monsters

Seven monsters make trouble for the villagers.

We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy

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.

Mommy?

They’re all here! Everybody’s favorite monsters are just going about their business when a plucky little boy wanders into their cuckoo house. And what does he want? He wants Mommy?! No matter how scary these monsters are, there’s no besting a little boy who’s looking for his Mommy?. In one hilarious pop up extravaganza after another, this kid shows them a thing or two.

Bumble Ardy

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.

Caldecott & Co

‘This anthology of essays on writing and illustrating for children reveals a formidable intelligence and a remarkable degree of empathy with fellow toilers in the field.’ Publisher’s Weekly

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