• Bumble-Ardy (New York : HarperCollins, 2011).
• We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy (New York : HarperCollins, 1993).
• Outside Over There (New York : Harper, 1981).
• In the Night Kitchen (New York : Harper, 1970).
• Higglety Pigglety Pop! (New York : Harper, 1967).
• Hecor Protecor, and As I Went Over the Water (New York : Harper, 1965).
• Where the Wild Things Are (New York : Harper, 1963).
• The Sign on Rosie´s Door (New York : Harper, 1960).
• Kenny´s Window (New York : Harper, 1956).
Selected works illustrated by Maurice Sendak
• Mummy? Author: Arthur Yorinks (New York : Michael de Capua Books/Scholastic, 2006).
• Bears. Author: Ruth Krauss (New York : HarperCollins, 2005).
• Swine lake. Author: James Marshall (New York : HarperCollins, 1999).
• The happy rain. Author: Jack Sendak (New York : Harper, 1984).
• Fly by night. Author: Randall Jarrell (New York : Firrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969).
• Shadrach. Author: Meindert De Jong (New York : Harper, 1953).