Where The Wild Things Are
  • Published: 2 June 2000
  • ISBN: 9780099408390
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $19.99

Where The Wild Things Are

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An anniversary edition to celebrate 60 years of Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak's bestselling classic of twentieth-century children's literature

"The greatest children's book of all time" - As voted for by BBC's culture poll.

One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief - so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper.

That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room, an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are... Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins!

But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is quiet, he starts to feel lonely. He realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all.

An anniversary edition to celebrate 60 years of Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak's bestselling classic of twentieth-century children's literature
  • Published: 2 June 2000
  • ISBN: 9780099408390
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began by illustrating other authors' books for children, but the first book that he both wrote and illustrated was Kenny's Window, published in 1956. In his lifetime, he illustrated over 80 books, and received many awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he was the first American to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal. He passed away in May 2012.

portrait photo of Maurice Sendak

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Praise for Where The Wild Things Are

Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm and the design are all wonderful.

S Magazine, Sunday Express

The greatest picture book ever written

Chris Riddell, Children's Laureate, Guardian

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