![]() Basis for the 2009 film directed by Spike Jonze starring Max Records and features the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O'Hara, and Chris Cooper. The book was awarded the 1964 Caldecott Medal by the American Library Association" (NYPL Books of the Century 212). Reaching back into his own Brooklyn childhood, Sendak created the enduring child-hero Max, who overcomes his fears and achieves catharsis in a colorful fantasy tableau. "Wild Things!' When Max's sojourn among them unfolded in kinematic splendor in 1963, adults trembled and children reveled. Hailed as "the Picasso of children's books," Maurice Sendak produced more than 85 books, of which Where the Wild Things Are is undeniably the most famous, being one of the ten best-selling children's books of all time. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. This is the correct first state of the dust jacket with no mention of the Caldecott award, and a $3.50 price at top of front flap. Near fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Where the Wild Things Are A Caldecott Award Winner By Maurice Sendak, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak On Sale: Decem8.95 Now: 7.16 Spend 49 on print products and get FREE shipping at HC. ![]() ![]() New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.įirst edition in the first-issue dust jacket of one of the scarcest and most desirable books in modern children’s literature. ![]()
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