Maurice Sendak

One summer Little Bear makes friends with a girl named Emily. But when summer ends, Emily must leave. Little Bear is very sad—until he finds a way to stay close to his new friend even when she is far away!

Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the iconic Where the Wild Things Are, created a warmly loved classic book of months, in verse, with Chicken Soup with Rice.This rhyming book cleverly uses a little boy’s love for soup to teach children the months of the year and features Sendak’s imaginative …

Kenny's Window is the first children’s book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. It tells the story of a young boy’s quest for a garden that he sees in his dream, which involves answering seven questions given to him by a four legged rooster in that dream. His toys and stuffed animals help him along the way.