Sign on Rosie's Door - Hardcover

Sendak, Maurice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060255056 ISBN 13: 9780060255053

Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books, 1960

Synopsis

Rosie loves to pretend so while playing with her friends, she becomes a lovely lady singer, a lost girl, a red firecracker, and a sleepy cat.

About this title

Book Description:

A hilarious and insightful celebration of the power of the imagination and the resourcefulness of childhood.

From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Publication date: 1960
• ISBN 10: 0060255056
• ISBN 13: 9780060255053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 46