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Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak · 1967
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Book details
- Author
- Maurice Sendak
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 37
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9780060254926
- ISBN-10
- 0060254920
- Categories
- Children's
About this book
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.
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