![]() ![]() In 2003, he received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government. 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 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. ![]() Sendak's other popular books is his Caldecott Medal-winning Where The Wild Things Are. The Wheel on the School Meindert DeJong, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 3.96 12,444 ratings675 reviews Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. Meindert DeJong is the award-winning author of many classic books for children, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Wheel On The Schooland the Newbery Honor-winning Along Came A Dog, Shadrach,and The House Of Sixty Fathers, all available in Harper Trophy editions and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. ![]()
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