Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king. Winner, 1964 Caldecott MedalNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)1981 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Illustrati...

'A daring imagination has woven a simple rhyme into a brilliantly original tale [about Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who seeks Experience and becomes the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre].' —H. 'Superb fantasy.' —BL. Nota...

1971 Caldecott Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1940--1970 (ALA)Best Books of 1970 (SLJ)Outstanding Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)Children's Books of 1970 (Library of Congress)Care...

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

With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride. 1982 Caldecott Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1981 (ALA)1982 American Book ...

For over fifty years, children have discovered that, whether it's June or December, every month is perfect for Chicken Soup with Rice!Now in a larger, 5 x 7  trim size, Chicken Soup with Rice is a book that children and their grown-...

For over fifty years, children have cared about Pierre, the little boy who doesn't care about anything—until he meets a lion!Now in a larger, 5 x 7  trim size, Pierre will continue to make children giggle while also being reminded...

Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are was published in 1963 to great critical acclaim. Brian O'Doherty of The New York Times said that Mr. Sendak's work, 'disguised in fantasy, springs from his earliest self, from the vagrant ch...