The cover of Where the Wild Things Are is divided horizontally. The upper quarter has a white background and the title is in gray capital letters. The lower quarter also has a white background and gray capital letters which say "Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak.
The middle half is a painting by Sendak. On the right, a large, gray Wild Thing sits on grass at the side of a body of water, facing left. He has white horns and claws for hands. His feet are human feet. His eyes are closed, his nose is large and snout-like and he perhaps has a small grin. Behind him is the body of water--a coastal strait, perhaps, and beyond that is land on the other side--grass and trees. On the left hand side is a sailboat, whose hull is an orangey red and whose sails are yellow. This particular edition has a gold, embossed Caldecott Medal in the lower left hand corner of the art. The foreground trees are renditions of palms, though the fronds are a deeper red than the boat. The background trees are different kinds of trees.
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Ch. 14: Where The Wild Things Are
#UrsulaNordstrom mentors Sendak for 12 years, culminating in the first #PB, he both writes and illustrates. He hits writer’s block. Ursula’s smart, perceptive question helps him finish the book. #abramsbooks 🧵1 of 2