One Was Johnny Board Book: A Counting Book - Hardcover

Sendak, Maurice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062668099 ISBN 13: 9780062668097

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2017

Synopsis

One Was Johnny, along with the other three classic Nutshell Library titles (Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, and Pierre), is the first board book edition of Maurice Sendak's original work! You loved Nutshell Library as a miniature collection, and these large board books will make it even easier for children to share with their grown-up readers.

From one to ten and back again, children have been counting along with Maurice Sendak's One Was Johnny for over fifty years. Now they can enjoy this classic rhyming story of a boy and his many visitors in this durable board book format!

About this title

About the Author

Maurice Sendak's children's books have sold over 30 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government.

From the Back Cover

One was Johnny but that's not all, count the others who came to call."

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062668099
• ISBN 13: 9780062668097
• Binding: Board book
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 46
• Illustrator: Sendak Maurice