Maurice Sendak
42) The moon jumpers
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[1959]
Language
English
Description
Four children play in the moonlight before bedtime on a soft summer night.
46) Shadrach
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row Publishers
Pub. Date
[1953]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Davie finds it almost unbelievable that he has a pet rabbit all his own, and he's devastated on the day he goes out to the barn and finds that Shadrach has slipped out of his hutch and disappeared. Based on the author's own childhood in the Netherlands, this tells of Davie's great joy when his grandfather promises him a real rabbit for his very own pet and the anxious days until it finally arrives. Even after Davie had had the little black rabbit,...
47) The Miami giant
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Giuseppe Giaweeni sails from Italy to look for China, he lands in Miami instead, where he discovers a lost tribe of dancing giants, one of whom he brings back to Europe.
60) Bears
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
With just 27 words, the inimitable Ruth Krauss created a charming little universe. Now Maurice Sendak has turned her bears into a troupe of players in a slapstick comedy starring a familiar boy in a wolf suit.