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Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner
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Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner Paperback - 2012

by Maurice Sendak; Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)

In this Caldecott Medal winner. Max, a wild and naughty boy, is sent to bed without his supper by his exhausted mother. In his room, he imagines sailing far away to a land of Wild Things. Instead of eating him, the Wild Things make Max their king.


About this book

Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short, a 1980 opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film adaptation. According to HarperCollins, the book has sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2008.

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From the jacket flap

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Winner of the Caldecott Medal

--SLJ.

First Edition Identification

Where The Wild Things Are was first published by Harper & Row in 1963. First editions have the Library of Congress number 63-21253 on the title page, the codes 40-80 and 1163 to the front flap, and the absence on the rear flap of the mention of the Caldecott Award. 

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  • Title Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner
  • Author Maurice Sendak; Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2012-12-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780064431781 / 0064431789
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 10.06 x 0.25 in (22.86 x 25.55 x 0.64 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 740
  • Themes
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Conduct of life
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 63021253
  • Dewey Decimal Code E
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