Where the Wild Things are: A Caldecott Award Winner (Caldecott Collection) - Softcover

Sendak, Maurice

 
9780064431781: Where the Wild Things are: A Caldecott Award Winner (Caldecott Collection)

Synopsis

Where the Wild Things Are is 50 years old and this gorgeous anniversary edition features color-restored images that bring the classic work to vibrant life as never before. Simultaneous. 200,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Maurice Sendaks books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003 Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for childrens literature established by the Swedish government.

From the Back Cover

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Winner of the Caldecott Medal

From the Inside Flap

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Winner of the Caldecott Medal

--SLJ.

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