Where the Wild Things Are
Stories and Pictures by
Maurice Sendak
This is a lovey, vintage hard cover with grey cloth spine and pictorial covers, illustrated end papers and pictorial dust jacket. Published by HarperCollins©1963; the 25th Anniversary Edition.
Book itself is in excellent condition, bright & clean, with square corner tips and NO internal marks, labels, inscriptions or tears. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition with a tiny bit of creasing/ edge wear to top edge & a few blind indents. From a smoke-free home. Questions welcome! Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by children or grownups. A ground-breaking Children's Classic that has only gained appeal over the years. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild chase to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are stunning and beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child's imagination.
This book should be part of every library. Here are just some of the awards it has won over the years:
Winner, 1964 Caldecott Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)
1981 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Illustration
1963, 1982 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1963, 1982 (New York Times)
A Reading Rainbow Selection
1964 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
BEST Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)
1981 BEST Children's Books (New York Public Library)
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