Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner Hardcover - 2012
by Maurice Sendak; Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
This special commemorative edition celebrates 40 years of Sendak's classic tale of the imaginative journey taken by a boy named Max to "where the wild things are." Illustrations.
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Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
Where the Wild Things Are
Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year
The original pictures have never before been as faithfully reproduced as they are in this new edition. Maurice Sendak enthusiastically approved this remastered rendition of his art.
In addition to Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak's books include Kenny's Window, Very Far Away, The Sign on Rosie's Door, Nutshell Library (consisting of Chicken Soup with Rice, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, and Pierre), Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life, In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy, and Bumble-Ardy.
He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are; the 1970 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration; the 1983 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, given by the American Library Association in recognition of his entire body of work; and a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003, he received the fi rst Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government.
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 Hardcover
- Edition 25th anniversary
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, New York
- Date 2012-12-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780060254926 / 0060254920
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 10.2 x 0.5 in (23.11 x 25.91 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 04 to 08 years
- Grade levels P - 3
- Reading level 740
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Conduct of life
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003267890
- Dewey Decimal Code E
Media reviews
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 11/14/2014, Page 110
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2003, Page 341
- New Yorker (The), 10/19/2009, Page 83
- Newsweek, 12/03/2007, Page 20
- People Weekly, 01/13/2014, Page 55
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