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Maurice Sendak
Where the wild things are
by Maurice Sendak
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318 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in 23 languages and held by 5,880 libraries worldwide A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
Little bear
by Else Holmelund Minarik
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100 editions published between 1957 and 2008 in 14 languages and held by 4,028 libraries worldwide Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party.
In the night kitchen
by Maurice Sendak
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80 editions published between 1970 and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 3,831 libraries worldwide A little boy's dream-fantasy in which he helps three fat bakers get milk for their cake batter.
Outside over there
by Maurice Sendak
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32 editions published between 1962 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 3,355 libraries worldwide 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.
Little Bear's visit
by Else Holmelund Minarik
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76 editions published between 1961 and 2008 in 15 languages and held by 3,349 libraries worldwide Little Bear enjoys a visit with his grandparents.
A kiss for Little Bear
by Else Holmelund Minarik
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73 editions published between 1968 and 2085 in 10 languages and held by 3,264 libraries worldwide Little Bear's thank-you kiss from Grandmother gets passed on to him by many animals and greatly aids the skunks' romance.
Little Bear's friend
by Else Holmelund Minarik
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58 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in 12 languages and held by 3,110 libraries worldwide One summer Little Bear makes friends with Emily and her doll Lucy.
Mr. Rabbit and the lovely present
by Charlotte Zolotow
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49 editions published between 1962 and 2007 in 8 languages and held by 2,964 libraries worldwide Mr. Rabbit helps a little girl find a colorful present for her mother's birthday.
Father Bear comes home
by Else Holmelund Minarik
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40 editions published between 1957 and 2007 in 9 languages and held by 2,953 libraries worldwide Describes the adventures of Little Bear in which he goes fishing, has the hiccups, looks for a mermaid, and welcomes Father Bear home from the sea.
Chicken soup with rice : a book of months
by Maurice Sendak
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45 editions published between 1962 and 2004 in English and held by 2,552 libraries worldwide A trip through the months with chicken soup and rice!
Nutcracker
by E. T. A Hoffmann
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13 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 2,476 libraries worldwide 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.
Dear Mili : an old tale
by Wilhelm Grimm
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10 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,436 libraries worldwide In order to save her daughter from a terrible war, the mother sends her into the forest telling her to return in three days. She meets St. Joseph who cares for her for three days, which in reality is thirty years.
The house of sixty fathers
by Meindert De Jong
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17 editions published between 1956 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 2,427 libraries worldwide 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.
Higglety pigglety pop! Or, There must be more to life
by Maurice Sendak
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25 editions published between 1967 and 2001 in 6 languages and held by 2,201 libraries worldwide Bored with her luxurious life, Jennie goes out into the world to look for "something more than everything". She learns that the World Mother Goose Theatre needs a leading lady and eventually finds herself the star of the show.
Where the wild things are
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8 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in English and held by 2,183 libraries worldwide Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including Carol who has the same temperament as Max. Instead of eating Max like they normally would with creatures of his type, the wild things befriend Max after he proclaims himself a king who can magically solve all their problems.
No fighting, no biting
by Else Holmelund Minarik
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14 editions published between 1958 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 2,170 libraries worldwide Sometimes Rosa and Willy behave like the two little alligators in the stories Cousin Joan tells them.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's farm
by Betty Bard MacDonald
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11 editions published between 1954 and 1995 in English and held by 2,140 libraries worldwide Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is back with special cures for the not truthful, the pet forgetter, the fraidy-cat, the destructive child, and the child who continually says, "I can't find it."
Zlateh the goat, and other stories
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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28 editions published between 1966 and 2004 in 6 languages and held by 2,045 libraries worldwide Stories about the inhabitants of the village of Chelm.
The animal family
by Randall Jarrell
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23 editions published between 1965 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 2,012 libraries worldwide A mermaid, a hunter, a bear and a lynx all live together. One day the bear and lynx find a boy in a rowboat on the beach and bring him home too.
Along came a dog
by Meindert De Jong
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19 editions published between 1948 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,917 libraries worldwide A stray dog earns a home for himself by protecting a little red hen and her chicks from a preying hawk. more
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Animals Baking Bears Biography Brothers and sisters Cake Children's poetry Children's stories Conduct of life Criticism, interpretation, etc. Depression, Mental Determination (Personality trait) Dogs Dolls Drama Dreams Fairy tales Families Fantasy Fantasy fiction Fiction Films Friendship Germany Gifts Goblins Horn (Musical instrument) Illustrators Imagination Imagination in children Infants Juvenile works Kidnapping Kings and rulers Little Bear (Fictitious character : Minarik) Milk Monsters Months Mothers and daughters Mothers and sons Nursery rhymes Poetry Rabbits Sendak, Maurice Sisters Temper tantrums United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War stories Wit and humor, Juvenile
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Alternative Names
Maurice Bernard Sendak lived1928
Sendak-Manz-Udry, ... 1928-
Sendak, Maurice Bernard.
Sendaḳ, Moris
Sendakku, Mōrisu 1928-
Sendak, Maurice Bernard 1928-
モ-りス.センダック
モ-リス.センダック モ－りス．センダックモーリス・センダック モ－リス．センダック סנדק, מוריס Languages
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French (389) German (305) Spanish (216) Undetermined (150) Japanese (106) Dutch (58) No Linguistic content (53) Swedish (52) Danish (39) Italian (37) Chinese (28) Finnish (23) Hebrew (22) Catalan (13) Basque (11) Korean (9) Afrikaans (9) Turkish (7) Arabic (4) Slovenian (4) Galician (3) Czech (3) Norwegian (3) Albanian (2) Welsh (2) Miscellaneous languages (2) Multiple languages (2) Raeto-Romance (1) English, Old (1) Russian (1) Scottish Gaelic (1) Thai (1) more
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