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Caldecott Medal Children's literature History and criticism Fantasy fiction Hospitals Medical staff Washington (State) Seattle Drama Illustrators United States Biography Interns (Medicine) Washington (State) Seattle Drama Man-woman relationship Washington (State) Seattle Drama Monsters Fiction Seattle (Wash.) Drama Surgeons Washington (State) Seattle DramaSummary: Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WHECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHESendak, Maurice.
Summary: A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1963
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Sendak 1991Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SENSendak, Maurice.
Summary: Max is the hero of this beloved children's classic in which he makes mischief, sails away, tames the wild things and returns home for supper.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc 1988
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Death and Vanilla (Musical group)
Contents: Necessary distortions -- The optic nerve -- Arcana -- California owls -- Time travel -- Follow the light -- Shadow and shape -- The hidden reverse -- Moogskogen -- Something unknown you need to know.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DEASummary: In Where the wild things are Max is sent to bed without supper and sails to a world inhabited by weird creatures until he misses his real home. In The Nutshell kids poems are set to music to sing and dance throught the alphabet, numbers, and the months of the years. In In the night kitchen Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Who's in the night kitchen making all the clatter?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Bersche, Barbara.
Summary: Follow Max, a rambunctious boy who feels misunderstood at home, as he sets out in a tiny boat, seeking new worlds across the sea and lands on the incredible island of the wild things--where being made king of the beasts may not be all that grand.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BERKaren O
Contents: Igloo -- All is love -- Capsize -- Worried shoes -- Rumpus -- Rumpus reprise -- Hideaway -- Cliffs -- Animal -- Lost fur / (Carter Burwell) -- Heads up -- Building all is love -- Food is still hot -- Sailing home.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Interscope Records 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC WHESummary: The nutshell kids: A group of alligators sing their way through the alphabet, Johnny playfully counts from 1 to 10 and then back again, Pierre flaunts an "I don't care" attitude until an encounter with a lion, and learning the months of the year is fun while eating chicken soup with rice. Where the wild things are: Max sails away to the land of the wild things. In the night kitchen: A little...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAUHenry, Diana.
Summary: Our attitude towards food is changing. Soon it won't simply be considered sensible to care about how and what we cook and how much we waste, it will be unacceptable not to. Henry shares her philosophy and her recipes for using the earth's bounty in a thoughtful and healthy way.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Beazley 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Relive the trials and tribulations of college as Buffy, Willow and Oz experience their freshman year at UC Sunnydale. Between juggling term papers, frat parties and a demonic roommate, Buffy must also battle a gang of vampire thieves."--Www.foxtvdvd.com.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BUFCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BUFCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BuffySummary: Centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors. Love, lies, and family ties are revealed as the surgeons of Seattle Grace discover that their choices have major unintended consequences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Grey's 2008Combs, Luke
Contents: Growin' up and gettin' old (3:52) -- Hannah Ford Road (3:37) -- Back 40 back (3:05) -- You found yours (3:11) -- The beer, the band and the barstool (3:37) -- Still (3:23) -- See me now (4:05) -- Joe (3:38) -- A song was born (3:09) -- My song will never die (4:06) -- Where the wild things are (3:59) -- Love you anyway (3:49) -- Take you with me (3:26) -- Fast car (4:25) -- Tattoo on a sunburn...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: River House Artists 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Higley, Danielle
Summary: Did you know that the Very Hungry Caterpillar was originally just a fat worm named Willi? Or that the author of Charlotte's Web hatched real spiders on top of his dresser? In The Stories Behind the Stories, you'll hear the incredible behind-the-scenes tales of twenty-nine beloved children's classics. Discover the childhood inspiration behind Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the original name...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bushel & Peck Books 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Marcus, Leonard S.
Summary: Profiles six Caldecott award winning books and their authors, including Robert McCloskey's "Make Way for Ducklings," Marcia Brown's "Cinderella," Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble," Chris Van Allsburg's "Jumanji," and David Wiesner's "Tuesday."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.6 MARStolzenburg, William.
Summary: A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world's great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.16 STOJames, Stephen
Summary: Playing off the themes in the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book Where the Wild Things Are, this informative, practical, and encouraging guide will help parents guide boys down the path to healthy and authentic manhood. Wild Things addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual parts of a boy, written by two therapists who are currently engaged in clinical work with boys and their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2011
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Summary: This is a deeply moving portrait of Maurice Sendak, a seminal talent who is conflicted with his success, and whose lifelong obsession with death has subtly and ironically influenced his work. Now 81, Sendak is best known for his first book, Where the wild things are, which he wrote after spending ten years as an illustrator. Through his own words, firsthand photos, and illustrations, Sendak...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Oscilloscope Pictures 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TELLerer, Seth
Summary: Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. Seth Lerer here explores the iconic books, ancient and contemporary alike, that have forged a lifelong love of literature in young readers during their formative years. Along the way,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.89282 LERPascal, Janet B
Summary: "It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut--June 10, 1928. Sendak was crazy about cartoons and comic books, and at twelve, after seeing Disney's Fantasia, he decided that he was going to become an illustrator. His love of childrens books began early: often sick and confined to bed, little Maurice read and read and read....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET SENDAKSummary: Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture, edited by...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Restless Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.44 HOWHandy, Bruce
Summary: "An irresistible, nostalgic, and insightful--and totally original--ramble through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy. In 1690, the dour New England Primer, thought to be the first American children's book, was published in Boston. Offering children gems of advice such as "Strive to learn" and "Be not a dunce," it was no fun at all. So...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANDY, BRUCE HANPaul, Pamela
Summary: Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Philosopher's Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader, from the authors of the original and viral New York Times Books feature, shows you how to instil the joy and time-stopping...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 PAUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 PAUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 PAUSummary: For nearly 10,000 years, the Earth's wild places have been replaced by agricultural landscapes—an occurrence that has left a single question in its wake: where are the wild things? In Forever Wild, a part of the PBS Scientific Frontiers series, host Alan Alda goes behind the scenes with forest and wild life advocates as they examine the questions brought about by a domesticated world: what does...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002