Nutshell Library
by Maurice Sendak
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A collection of four Sendak works, miniaturized and issued in a case.Tags
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Four of Maurice Sendak’s “greatest hits” are collected in this adorable “library” that is sized just right for little readers, so they will believe it is truly meant for them and not adults. (The whole set is only 4 inches tall and 1 and 1/2 inches wide.)
The books include “Pierre,""One Was Johnny,” "Chicken Soup With Rice,” and "Alligators All Around.”
Alligators All Around is an alphabet book. Pierre is about obeying your parents. Chicken Soup with Rice teaches kids the months of the year, and One Was Johnny is a counting book. Not only are the words clever, but the illustrations by Sendak are irresistible.
Evaluation: These are the perfect gift for little children, who will love both the medium and the messages.
The books include “Pierre,""One Was Johnny,” "Chicken Soup With Rice,” and "Alligators All Around.”
Alligators All Around is an alphabet book. Pierre is about obeying your parents. Chicken Soup with Rice teaches kids the months of the year, and One Was Johnny is a counting book. Not only are the words clever, but the illustrations by Sendak are irresistible.
Evaluation: These are the perfect gift for little children, who will love both the medium and the messages.
I LOVED these books as a child. I think a lot of it had to do with size, they fit excellently in small hands, but the silly rhymes and fun illustrations were also great. I've used the book, "Pierre, a Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue many times to help me deal with the annoying response of, "I don't care." Certain of my children's friends now know it by heart and hardly ever tell me they don't care. "Chicken Soup With Rice" is my other favorite, a book of months. "Alligators all Around" is a very funny alphabet story, and "One was Johnny," a counting book is also great.
This wonderful, tiny set was made into the movie "Really Rosie" and each story became a song in that story. One was an alphabet book, one was a counting book, one was a book of months and the fourth was a cautionary tale about Pierre who always said "I don't care". This is great for reading aloud for very young children who don't know their alphabet etc.
In my household, with my children now grown up, we still now and then remark...And So The Lion Ate Pierre....
This set belongs in any home with children. And probably in those without too.
This set belongs in any home with children. And probably in those without too.
These were my absolute favorite books as a little kid when I was learning to read. If you can find them for your children you must! They are funny and teach good morals. You can't beat that.
ABSOLUTELY FUNNY.
adorable version of classic books. includes "Pierre", "One Was Johnny", "Chicken Soup With Rice", and "Alligators All Around"
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Maurice Sendak was born on June 10, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. While in high school, he worked part time as an illustrator for All-American Comics adapting the Mutt and Jeff newspaper comic strip to a comic book format. His first professional illustrations were for a physics textbook, Atomics for the Millions, published in 1947. He later worked show more as a window-display director for F.A.O. Schwartz while attending night school at the Art Students League. In 1950, he illustrated his first children's book The Wonderful Farm by Marcel Aymé. He wrote his first children's book Kenny's Window in 1956 and went on to become a prolific author-illustrator. His works include Chicken Soup with Rice; In the Night Kitchen; Outside Over There; Higglety Pigglety Pop; The Sign on Rosie's Door; We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy; Brundibar; Bumble Ardy; and My Brother's Book. He received numerous awards including the Caldecott medal for Where The Wild Things Are in 1964, the Hans Christian Andersen International Medal in 1970, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the National Medal of Arts in 1996. Characters from two of his books were the basis of an animated television special, Really Rosie, which first aired in 1975. He was also the set designer and lyricist for a subsequent off-Broadway musical of the same title. He was the lyricist, as well as the set and costume designer, for the original production of an opera based on Where The Wild Things Are in 1980. In addition, he has designed sets and costumes for performances of operas by Mozart, Prokofiev, and other classical composers. He died due to complications from a recent stroke on May 8, 2012 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Nutshell Library
- Original title
- Alligators All Around; Chicken Soup with Rice; Pierre; One Was Johnny
- People/Characters
- Johnny; Pierre
- Important places
- Havana, Cuba; Spain; Bombay; Nile
- Related movies
- Really Rosie (1975 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- For Gene
For Karla
For Mrs. Ida Perles - First words
- Alligators all around
In January it's so nice while slipping on the sliding ice to sip hot chicken soup with rice.
1 was Johnny who lived by himself
There once was a boy named Pierre who only would say, "I don't care!" - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Alligators ALL around.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I told you once I told you twice all seasons of the year are nice for eating chicken soup with rice!
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)1 was Johnny who lived by himself AND LIKED IT LIKE THAT!
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The moral of Pierre is: CARE!
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