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Alligators All Around / Chicken Soup with Rice / One Was Johnny / Pierre

by Maurice Sendak (Author) (edit contributors)

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This 4-volume boxed set contains an alphabet book, a book of rhymes about each month, a counting book, and a cautionary tale all written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Includes the titles Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, and Pierre. (Titles available... read more

Books in This Collection

  1. Alligators All Around

    An Alphabet

    by Maurice Sendak (Author)

    ‘An alligator jamboree, with all the letters ' A through Z.'

  2. Chicken Soup with Rice

    A Book of Months

    by Maurice Sendak (Author)

    ‘Each month is gay, each season nice, when eating chicken soup with rice.’

  3. One Was Johnny

    A Counting Book

    by Maurice Sendak (Author)

    ‘One was Johnny -- but that's not all, count all the others who came to call.'

  4. Pierre: A Cautionary Tale

    In Five Chapters and a Prologue

    by Maurice Sendak (Author)

    Pierre’s ‘I don’t care!’ intrigues a hungry lion.‘A story with a moral air about Pierre, who learned to care.’

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  1. Maurice Sendak (Author)

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