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Circus Girl
Hardback
Main Details
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Circus Girl
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Maurice Sendak
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By (author) Jack Sendak
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:32 | Dimensions(mm): Height 260,Width 185 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780060287832
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Imprint |
HarperCollins Children's Books
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Publication Date |
15 October 2002 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Fans of Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal-winning Where the Wild Things Are will love Circus Girl-a loving collaboration between Maurice Sendak and his brother, Jack Sendak. Born amid the happy life of the circus, Flora loves her fellow performers. But when she begins to have terrible dreams about the people who come to see the circus every night, she sets off on a journey to learn more about them. Saturday Review praised Circus Girl, saying, "Flora finds out many things in this imaginative story by Jack Sendak: that bad dreams are just dreams, and that the great audiences that frightened her were warm and friendly when she got to know them. . . . A book that will intrigue both adults and children." First published in 1957, Circus Girl is a special collaboration between brothers!
Author Biography
In addition to Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak's books include Kenny's Window, Very Far Away, The Sign on Rosie's Door, Nutshell Library (consisting of Chicken Soup with Rice, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, and Pierre), Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life, In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy, and Bumble-Ardy. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are; the 1970 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration; the 1983 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, given by the American Library Association in recognition of his entire body of work; and a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003, he received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government.
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