Where the Wild Things Are
First edition cover | |
| Author | Maurice Sendak |
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| Illustrator | Maurice Sendak |
| Cover artist | Maurice Sendak |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
Publication date | November 13, 1963 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (wide-format hardcover) |
| Pages | 40 |
| ISBN | 0-06-025492-0 (25th anniversary ed., 1988) |
| OCLC | 225496 |
| LC Class | PZ7.S47 Wh |
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Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short film in 1973 (with an updated version in 1988); a 1980 opera; and a live-action 2009 feature-film adaptation. The book had sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2009, with 10 million of those being in the United States.
Sendak won the annual Caldecott Medal from the children's librarians in 1964, recognizing Where the Wild Things Are as the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It was voted the number one picture book in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, not for the first time.