Books

First UK edition of Sendak s masterpiece, perhaps the greatest picture book for children ever made. No other captures the magic of dreams in a child s bedroom, as well as the tantrums and frustrations of growing up, as beautifully as this. Published in London by the Bodley Head in 1967. Fine.

Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 (with an updated version in 1988), a 1980 opera, and a live-action 2009 feature-film adaptation. The book tells the story of Max, a young boy who dresses up as a wolf and uses his imagination to travel to a wild forest where he meets creatures called Wild Things.