Where the Wild Things Are

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Harper Collins, Nov 9, 1988 - Juvenile Fiction - 48 pages

Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king.

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 (NYT)
A Reading Rainbow Selection
1964 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)
1981 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1988 (NY Public Library)

 

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Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
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About the author (1988)

Maurice Sendak received the Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. He has also received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Bibliographic information

TitleWhere the Wild Things Are
1964 Caldecott Medal Winner
50 Books To Read Before Kindergarten
A Caldecott book
Caldecott Collection
Caldecott Medal
Greenwich children's classics and award winners
Reading rainbow
Weston Woods read-along CD
AuthorMaurice Sendak
Illustrated byMaurice Sendak
Editionillustrated, reprint, annotated
PublisherHarper Collins, 1988
ISBN0060254939, 9780060254933
Length48 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Juvenile Fiction / Classics
Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents
  
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