Nutshell Library: Alligators All Around | Chicken Soup With Rice | One Was Johnny | Pierre [Caldecott Collection] [Mini-books]

by Maurice Sendak

Other authorsMaurice Sendak (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 1962

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Children's Lit & Picture Books

Publication

HarperCollins Children's Books (1962), Hardcover

Description

From Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal-winning genius who created Where the Wild Things Are, comes Nutshell Library, which will enchant readers with four classic titles. Containing pocket-size versions of perennial favorites Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre, this pint-size library is perfect for small hands. Learn the alphabet with silly alligators, drink chicken soup with rice every month, count visitors with a boy named Johnny, and survive a scare with a boy who doesn't care. Endless adventures await in these lyrical stories that children, and their grown-up readers, will love reading and sharing over and over again. A wonderful stocking stuffer or baby shower gift, Maurice Sendak's Nutshell Library will evoke powerful memories for many, and the rhymes and stories continue to speak to new generations of little ones. And if you prefer your Nutshell Library books on their own and not quite so tiny, each is also now available in a board book edition.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Nikkles

These were my absolute favorite books as a little kid when I was learning to read. If you can find them for your children you must! They are funny and teach good morals. You can't beat that.

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LibraryThing member MrsLee

I LOVED these books as a child. I think a lot of it had to do with size, they fit excellently in small hands, but the silly rhymes and fun illustrations were also great. I've used the book, "Pierre, a Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue many times to help me deal with the annoying

response of, "I don't care." Certain of my children's friends now know it by heart and hardly ever tell me they don't care. "Chicken Soup With Rice" is my other favorite, a book of months. "Alligators all Around" is a very funny alphabet story, and "One was Johnny," a counting book is also great.

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LibraryThing member book58lover

This wonderful, tiny set was made into the movie "Really Rosie" and each story became a song in that story. One was an alphabet book, one was a counting book, one was a book of months and the fourth was a cautionary tale about Pierre who always said "I don't care". This is great for reading aloud

for very young children who don't know their alphabet etc.

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LibraryThing member jarvenpa

In my household, with my children now grown up, we still now and then remark...And So The Lion Ate Pierre....

This set belongs in any home with children. And probably in those without too.

LibraryThing member nbmars

Four of Maurice Sendak’s “greatest hits” are collected in this adorable “library” that is sized just right for little readers, so they will believe it is truly meant for them and not adults. (The whole set is only 4 inches tall and 1 and 1/2 inches wide.)

The books include “Pierre,""One

Was Johnny,” "Chicken Soup With Rice,” and "Alligators All Around.”

Alligators All Around is an alphabet book. Pierre is about obeying your parents. Chicken Soup with Rice teaches kids the months of the year, and One Was Johnny is a counting book. Not only are the words clever, but the illustrations by Sendak are irresistible.

Evaluation: These are the perfect gift for little children, who will love both the medium and the messages.

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Language

English

Physical description

4.5 inches

ISBN

0060255005 / 9780060255008

Local notes

A boxed set with 4 mini-volumes written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

Alligators All Around: an alphabet book.

Chicken Soup with Rice: a book of rhymes about each month.

One Was Johnny: a counting book.

Pierre: a cautionary tale of a boy who learned to care.