Maurice Sendak

  • 90

    Catalog books

  • 39

    Works

  • 1920 to 2015

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Maurice Sendak has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 90 catalog-linked books across 1920 to 2015, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Classics & Literary Fiction.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1920 to 2015; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harpercollins Childrens Books and Harpercollins.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Classics & Literary Fiction entry points • common used copies from Harpercollins Childrens Books and Harpercollins

Genres and themes: Classics & Literary Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1920 to 2015; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harpercollins Childrens Books and Harpercollins.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2001 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2001 • 64 pages.

  2. Higglety Pigglety Pop! : Or, There Must Be More to Life

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2001 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2001 • 80 pages.

  3. Alligators All Around

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 1991 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1991 • 32 pages.

  4. Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 1991 • quick commitment

    readers who want a faster first book

  5. Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 1991 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1991 • 48 pages.

  6. Kenny's Window (Reading Rainbow)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 1989 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1989 • 64 pages.

  7. Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 1988 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1988 • 216 pages.

  8. Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie: Starring the Nutshell Kids

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 1986 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1986 • 64 pages.

  9. Masterworks of Children's Literature Vol.7:Victorain Color Picture Books

    Viking • 1985 • longer commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  10. Where the Wild Things Are

    Penguin Random House|Red Fox • 2015 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2015 • 48 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes is the easier short commitment, while Higglety Pigglety Pop! : Or, There Must Be More to Life asks for more reading time up front.

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