Where the Wild Things Are

1963 children's picture book by Maurice Sendak
VisualArtwork literary_work Q13912
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Where the Wild Things Are

Summary

Where the Wild Things Are is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,350 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Where the Wild Things Are authored Maurice Sendak[3].
  • Where the Wild Things Are received the Caldecott Medal[4].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's image is recorded as Keno City Yukon library (349214197).jpg[5].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's illustrator is recorded as Maurice Sendak[7].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's publisher is recorded as Harper[8].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's genre is recorded as fantasy[9].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 273695762[10].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's GND ID is recorded as 4195332-0[11].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2010062550[12].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17033703f[13].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's IdRef ID is recorded as 198205244[14].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's place of publication is recorded as Brooklyn[15].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's Commons category is recorded as Where the Wild Things Are[16].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[17].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35466613[18].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's country of origin is recorded as United States[19].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's publication date is recorded as +1963-11-13T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04kbwk[21].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's Open Library ID is recorded as OL15638539W[22].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2568879W[23].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's has edition or translation is recorded as Q125637223[24].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's main subject is recorded as monster[25].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 004623300[26].
  • Where the Wild Things Are's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 5537[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Where the Wild Things Are authored Maurice Sendak[3].

Recognition

Where the Wild Things Are received the Caldecott Medal[4].

Why It Matters

Where the Wild Things Are ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,350 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Where the Wild Things Are receive?

Honors received include Caldecott Medal[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . abqlibrary.org. Retrieved . abqlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . lccn.loc.gov. lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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