Presents the story of Max's adventures when he sails away to the land where the wild things. This book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year, 1964.

Sendak's hero Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake. Thus begins an intoxicating dream fantasy, described by the artist himself.

Max's night-time adventure in the land of the Wild Things is a classic of 20th century children's picture books.

As the sun grows tired and drops behind the drowsy hills, four barefoot children and a black cat dance and play and tell each other stories in their moon drenched garden.

When baby cannot find mummy he goes looking for her. Along the way, this troublesome tyke meets some ghoulish monsters so scary they literally burst off the page - but they're the ones who are in for a shock.

Known for his cartoons and award-winning children's books, William Steig leaves a legacy that spans much of the 20th century. This book features over 250 of Steig's drawings and examines various aspects of his work, from his early 'Small Fry' cartoons and haunting symbolic drawings in response to World War II, to his funny New Yorker cartoons.

This collection of verse offers 170 rhymes: rhymes of insult and retaliation; of teasing and repartee; rhymes for skipping and for counting out; riddles, tounge-twisters, narratives and nonsense - rhymes that have been chanted by children for generations.

A lyrical story of night-time, in which four small children and a black cat find themselves enchanted with the loveliness of the hot summer night and the magic of the moon. The author won the American Library Association's Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are , in 1964

Little Ida's attention wanders one day and the goblins manage to kidnap her baby sister. Ida must embark on a mystical journey to rescue the baby, which she does, wearing her mother's yellow rain cloak and with the aid of her wonder horn. By the author/illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are .

Single tape, running time 42 mins and read by Tammy Grimes.