Books

NYC: Harper, 1964. 1st edition thus (1st Caldecott edition), 2nd state dust jacket. NF/NF. Book has some light surface wear. DJ has light surface and edge wear. Book is identical to 1st printing. DJ celebrates the winning of the Caldecott Medal for best illustrated Children's Book for 1964. There is a gold medallion sticker on front panel and different blurbs on the jacket flaps. It has the same price as the 1st printing ($3.50). A very nice copy of one of Sendak's most famous titles.

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.