Chicken Soup with Rice
by
Maurice Sendak
paperback plus book set to music by folk singer Carole King
I knew that Maurice Sendak wrote this book, but I had no idea that Carole King set the book to music! Apparently a kindergarten teacher I know already knew this because she has her students perform the song in class to learn the months of the year. She has a huge copy of this book - it is something like 2 foot tall by 18 inches wide. I used to have a tiny version of this book that was about 3 inches tall by 3 inches wide.
I don't think this is Sendak's greatest book, but I suppose it does work to teach the months. It is pretty much a poem about silly things that can happen during different months of the year.
