Nutshell Library: Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, Pierre (Caldecott Collection) - Hardcover

Sendak, Maurice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060255005 ISBN 13: 9780060255008

Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books, 1962

Synopsis

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)

About this title

About the Author

Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983 Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America.

From the Back Cover

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.)

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Publication date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060255005
• ISBN 13: 9780060255008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 4