Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American writer 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 ; 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.
First edition cover
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images.
Peter Rabbit with his family, from The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, 1902
A board book
A reprint of the 1658 illustrated Orbis Pictus
Cover of Babes in the Wood, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott