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

by Maurice Sendak

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A daring imagination has woven a simple rhyme into a brilliantly original tale [about Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who seeks Experience and becomes the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre].

Notable Children's Books of 1967 (ALA)

1968 Fanfare Honor List (H)

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Synopsis:

A daring imagination has woven a simple rhyme into a brilliantly original tale about Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who seeks Experience and becomes the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre .

Notable Children's Books of 1967 (ALA)

1968 Fanfare Honor List (H)

Best Books of 1967 (SLJ)

Children's Books of 1967 (Library of Congress)

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About the Author

Maurice Sendak received the Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. He has also received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
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Stacy Green, January 9, 2008 (view all comments by Stacy Green)
When your preschooler is ready to graduate from "Where the Wild Things Are," fear not! This book offers lenghtier prose (and thus, more opportunity for Sendal's wry wit) in its telling of Jenny the dog's adventures as she seeks whatever is missing in her life, despite having "everything." One cannot help but love the message of fulfillment found when an undemanding life is traded for one of self-discovery.
Finally, The rhythm and humor of Sendak's writing will make memorization of certain lines unavoidable. Your family, like ours, may soon be employing as catchphrases lines like "You're pretty smart -- for a cat."
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780064430210
Subtitle:
Or There Must Be More to Life
Author:
Sendak, Maurice
Author:
by Maurice Sendak
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Animals - Dogs
Subject:
Dogs
Subject:
Picture books
Subject:
Picture books for children
Subject:
Juveniles
Subject:
Dogs -- Fiction.
Subject:
Situations / New Experience
Subject:
Conduct of life
Edition Number:
1st paperback ed.
Series Volume:
HM-2
Publication Date:
June 1979
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from P to 3
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
69
Dimensions:
676x671x24 34
Age Level:
04-08
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