1988 Maurice Sendak Hardcover Children’s Book Where the Wild Things Are 25th Anniversary Edition

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1988 25th Anniversary Edition
Hard cover Children's Book, Dust Jacket Included.
Sendak, Maurice
Publisher:New York]: Harper and Row,NY 1988.


Illustrated … Read more 1988 25th Anniversary Edition
Hard cover Children's Book, Dust Jacket Included.
Sendak, Maurice
Publisher:New York]: Harper and Row,NY 1988.


Illustrated by the author. 25th Anniversary edition. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards, with colorful illustrated endpapers; in its matching dust jacket.

Condition notes: Good pre-owned vintage that is clean with no ownership markings. The dust jacket shows very minor rumpled edges from shelf wear.

The winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal, Where the Wild Things Are is Maurice Sendak's iconic children's book about a young boy who is sent to bed without supper and imagines himself in a fantasy jungle world where he is the king of the ferocious "wild things." A very personal book, the story is based on Sendak's childhood; the idea of "wild things" came from the Yiddish term "vilde chaya" or "wild animal" that was popular with his mother, the wild things themselves were based on his aunts and uncles, and the experience of being sent to bed without supper for being a "vilde chaya" was one that Sendak knew well. Although the book was initially criticized for its dark undertones, Sendak's keen ability to connect with the emotions and dreams experienced by children worldwide. See less