Maurice Sendak
61) The Miami giant
Author
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
The great explorer, Giuseppe Giaweeni left Italy in search of China but instead discovered a lost tribe of dancing giants in Miami, one of which he convinced would be a star if he moved to Italy.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Little Bear sends an original drawing to Grandmother, she likes it so much that she repays Little Bear with a kiss. She enlists Hen to deliver the kiss to Little Bear; however, Hen passes it on to Frog who also passes it on. And so the thank-you kiss passes along to all the animal friends, but will it ever reach Little Bear?
67) Brundibar
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, they need to buy her milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing. But a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren, to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When Max is sent to bed without supper, he sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Alligators dance and sing through the alphabet. Counting forwards and backwards has never been so much fun. Pierre doesn't care about anything until he meets a hungry lion. Chicken soup with rice can be enjoyed all year long while learning the months.
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In 'Where the wild things are' Max is sent to bed without any dinner. He sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. 'The nutshell kids' are the songs Alligators all around, Pierre, One was Johnny & Chicken soup with rice, taken from the film Really Rosie-- dance through the alphabet, good manners, numbers and the months of the year. 'In the night kitchen': Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Who's in the kitchen?
74) The golden key
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden key.
76) The singing hill
Author
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Description
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.
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
None
Description
The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story. A lavish, exciting and heart-warming celebration of dance, of music, and of life. Based on the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.
78) The wild things
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Facing trouble at home with his father gone and his mother and sister uninterested in him, Max runs away from home during an argument only to end up in the island of the Wild Things. Soon Max becomes the king of the island. But things get complicated when Max realizes his subjects want as much from him as he wants from them.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including...
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