Pierre

A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue

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Paperback, 48 pages

English language

Published April 30, 1991 by HarperTrophy.

ISBN:
978-0-06-443252-8
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The story of Pierre, a little boy whose response to every question, sugeestion, or statement is always, "I don't care!" until an encounter with a lion changes his mind.

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reviewed Pierre by Maurice Sendak

Pierre: A sweet tale of just desserts

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One of the four tiny books that make up Maurice Sendak's Nutshell Library, as well as the inspiration for Carol King's wonderful song of the same name from the television special, which is free to watch on YouTube. As with the rest of the Nutshell Library, I read this one to my son as a toddler; we both loved it, of course. Who wouldn't enjoy reading about an obstinate boy being devoured by a hungry lion, after all? 😁

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Subjects

  • Other prose: from c 1900 -
  • Social Issues - Manners & Etiquette
  • Juvenile literature
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
  • Children: Grades 2-3
  • Children: Preschool
  • Family - Parents
  • Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / Humorous
  • Poetry - Humorous
  • Nonsense verses
  • Nonsense-verses