Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life
As a tribute to his dearly departed pooch, Maurice Sendak wrote this odd  little tale in 1967 about Jennie, a Sealyham terrier who is not content with  having everything but must go out in the world to find something she doesn't  have. Right off the bat, she comes across a pig wearing sandwich boards  advertising the need for a leading lady in the World Mother Goose Theatre.  Jennie leaps at the opportunity. Unfortunately, the position requires someone  with experience, so she sets off to find it. One hungry lion and a stubborn  un-hungry baby later, Jennie definitely has experience, if nothing else anymore,  and off she goes to play the leading role in a  nursery-rhyme-turned-theatrical-production:Higglety-pigglety pop!The dog has eaten the mop!The pig's in a hurryThe cat's in a flurryHigglety-pigglety pop!This dreamy, slightly dark story, illustrated in Sendak's renowned pen-and-ink  style, tells of a gluttonous dog's transformation from someone who cares only  about her next salami sandwich to one who would risk her life for a weaker being  (while still wondering where that next sandwich is coming from). Caldecott Medal  artist Sendak is the brilliantly quirky creator of such classics asWhere the Wild Things AreandIn the Night Kitchen.  (Ages 5 to 9)--Emilie Coulter--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.