# Maurice Sendak — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Maurice Sendak appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 740L–740L
**Grade span:** K–5
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/maurice-sendak
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- anger and tantrums
- boyhood
- home and family
- imagination
- wildness and order

## Genres

- Children's
- Picture Book

## Every Maurice Sendak title on file

- [Where the Wild Things Are](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-wild-things-are) _(740L · Grades K–3 · 1963)_
- [Outside Over There](https://readinglist.school/book/outside-over-there) _(Grades K–5 · 1981)_

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