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Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak · 1963

Cover of Where the Wild Things Are
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This is an inspired children's book about a boy's passage through tempestuous aspects of life. Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king.

Caldecott MedalDreamsFantasyFantasy fictionFictionImaginationJuvenile fictionMiniature booksMonstersSpecimensFantastyMonstruos