Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Harper & Row, 1963.
1963
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is published. It is awarded the 1964 Caldecott Medal. This helps mark a moment in modern children’s literature when, for the first time, “books for kids” address the poignancy and complexity of parent/child relationships head on. Where the Wild Things Are goes on to sell more than 19 million copies worldwide.
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Maurice Sendak came up with the concept for Where the Wild Things Are while living in a Greenwich Village duplex in the 1960s—click here to listen to an audio excerpt from the HarperCollins NYC Author Audio Tour about how he created this transformative children’s book.
