when i took brother bear to the library for the story and craft time, i found these two books in the little little kids section.
of course, after seeing the documentary "tell them anything you want" (watch it and read that post!), i had a little bit more insight on his drawings.
but first, how sweet is this dedication to his partner?
"one was johnny" is a counting book. at first, johnny was all alone and each page, a new random visitor barges in: a rat, a cat, a dog, a mail monkey (a monkey that delivers mail) and even a robber. yes a robber.
but johnny handled the situation with a threat that is a bit of a trend in sendak books:
yup, he threatened to eat them like a "wild thing" and it works! they all leave. and also justice is served with their leaving, ie the tiger took the robber to jail.
also the dog, as i learned in the doc, is a dog that shows up in a lot of sendak's books. the dog is based on his real life dog jennie. here she is:
the second book was:
"chicken soup with rice" it is a book of months and each month the child discovered another way of enjoying actual chicken soup or the idea of chicken soup.
my favorites were february because he dined with his snowman:
and august because the child turned into a pot:
and jennie was in this one too.
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