Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water

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Maurice Sendak has interpreted these Old Mother Goose rhymes in animated sequences that have the aliveness and immediacy of a child's own imaginings. There is little in these verses to suggest the settings, the characterisations, the unforeseen twists and turns of Mr Sendak's fantastical picture stories. Ages 4-6.

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"Since Caldecott and Lesley Brooke, nobody has illustrated nursery rhymes this well. These wonderfully funny, charming drawings are just as good as those Mr. Sendak did for Where the Wild Things Are." -- New York Review of Books

Author Bio

In addition to Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak's books include Kenny's Window, Very Far Away, The Sign on Rosie's Door, Nutshell Library (consisting of Chicken Soup with Rice, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, and Pierre), Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life, In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy, and Bumble-Ardy. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are; the 1970 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration; the 1983 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, given by the American Library Association in recognition of his entire body of work; and a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003, he received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government.