Maurice Sendak
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From Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze, acclaimed director of Where the Wild Things Are, comes A Portrait of Maurice Sendak, a loving look at one of the most cherished and controversial figures in children's literature. Featuring Tell Them Anything You Want, this is a deeply moving tribute to Sendak, a seminal talent whose conflicts with success and lifelong obsession with death have subtly influenced his work. Now 81, Sendak is best known for his book,...
8) Bumble-ardy
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Publisher
Harper Collins
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Bumble-ardy the pig has missed eight birthdays in a row. So for his ninth birthday he has a party without telling his aunt. What will happen when she comes home?
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Fifty years after Where the Wild Things Are was published comes the last book Maurice Sendak completed before his death in May 2012, My Brother's Book. With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing. Pairing Sendak's poignant poetry with his exquisite and dramatic artwork, this book redefines what mature readers expect from Maurice Sendak while...
11) Little Bear
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Overview: Enter the world of Little Bear. Children will be entranced by Little Bear's trip to the moon, his birthday party, and his wishes and adventures. This is the first of the five classic books about Little Bear, introducing the funny and strikingly childlike bear cub and his friends. The combination of Else Holmelund Minarik's simple, yet eloquent, stories and Maurice Sendak's warm, tender illustrations have made this beloved character an enduring...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
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.
18) Along came a dog
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A stray dog earns a home for himself by protecting a little red hen and her chicks from a preying hawk.
19) The Miami giant
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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When Giuseppe Giaweeni sails from Italy to look for China, he lands in Miami instead, where he discovers a lost tribe of dancing giants, one of whom he brings back to Europe.
20) The singing hill
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Publisher
Harper & Row
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A little boy moves to the country with his family and gets a new hat which floats down a stream, gets chewed by a horse, and protects a skunk's home from the rain.