Outside Over There (Caldecott Collection)
by Maurice Sendak
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Read in July, 2008
I read this to my young daughter without previewing first, and regretted it shortly into it. "I don't think we'll read this one." "Why not?" "It's too scary." Always a bad word choice - then she definitely wants to read it...and read it we did. Before bed she expressed deep concern that the goblins would take her stuffed Pooh bear away. (Her baby brother, however, she was not concerned about for some reason.) The next day she spent an hour pretending to rescue her &...more
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I don't know why this lovely book has been challenged and/or banned. It is absolutely beautiful. In fact, so beautiful and appealing that it was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1982 (yay Maurice Sendak!!!!)
I LOVED reading this book to my children when they were smaller. Recently I gave them each their own copy for their Hope(less) Chests, so that they can read it to their own children.
My children are all in therapy and take strong psychiatric medicines due to their fear of being exchanged by g...more
I LOVED reading this book to my children when they were smaller. Recently I gave them each their own copy for their Hope(less) Chests, so that they can read it to their own children.
My children are all in therapy and take strong psychiatric medicines due to their fear of being exchanged by g...more
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With In the Night Kitchen, among my favorite children's books. Gorgeously illustrated, the story of how Ida loses, then finds and rescues, her baby sister from the clutches of goblins, while her mother pines for their father at sea, has all the qualities of a dream. Stunning, elusive, epic, Sendak doesn't shy away from showing a child's deepest fears, and revealing her deepest strengths, and he's not afraid of ambiguity either. If I had all the money in the world, I'd buy all the original artwor...more
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Read in September, 1982
This was one of my favorite books as a little girl...I would check it out from the library whenever I had the chance and loved for my mom to read it to me. Yesterday, a copy was sitting on my bed...my mother had bought it at a library book sale. I was so excited...I had not read it in years. When I finished, I was taken back at how CREEPY it was. I guess I have always loved eerie, strange, and haunting things and still do. This is sounding like a blog so bottom line it's a CLASSIC in my eyes. ...more
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This might be my favorite children's book of all time!!!! (That is really saying something...I was a nanny for YEARS.) It is so creepy and beautiful. I remember reading this when i was a little kid and really identifying with the big sister (she lets goblins kidnap her baby brother- sorry Rachal & Jeffrey). It has a great feel and is one of my favorite childhood memories (I don't know what that says about me- this book is pretty scary!).
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Another Sendak, this one is much less known than "Where the Wildthings Are". It's very dark and creepy. But even as a kid I relished the macabre. It's nightmarish. Don't read it to a little kid unless you know they like the gauche. A baby gets replaced with a wax replica of itself and stolen by a group of goblin babies and his sister has to go outside over there to get him back....that's all I'll say. It's awesome!
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This was one of my favorite books growing up. I would check it out over and over from the library. The illustrations are amazing and as a child it was more than a little creepy...The story is about a young girl who must rescue her baby sister kidnapped from goblins. Even after all these years, it's the illustrations that stick in my mind more than anything. I need to buy a copy for my son. Highly recommend!
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Read in January, 2008
Amazing illustrations but the story is incredibly creepy. Story is about an older sister who has to look out for younger sister because her dad is off to sea and her mom is distraught. The little sister is kidnapped by goblins so the big sister goes out to look for her and eventually finds her and nrings her home.
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It is a GREAT kids book. Totally weird and creepy but the story is good and the illustrations are wonderful! I loved this book when I was little and I still love it now! My Mom got it for me, my sister, and my brother as a gift last X-mas and it was one of the best presents we got! A classic!
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Read in January, 2007
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This is a strange and sweetly creepy little tale of a girl who flies Outside and Over There to rescue her baby sister from the goblins who stole her. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and the prose is complex and beautiful. A wonderful alternative to the Princess in Despair genre.
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I actually really liked this book when I was a little kid, despite what a weird story it is. But it actually has a pretty good plot, and amazing illustrations. I don't know how much it would appeal to children, but their older siblings and parents might enjoy it.
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Amazing illustrations, very creative story. The book is told from the eyes of the older sister who has to defeat the goblins who have stolen her baby sister.
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This book has provided me much joy, and a few childhood nightmares. The art is lovely and as disturbing as the story - and any older sister will agree that this might be both a fear and a wish for daughters asked to watch over siblings.
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My god. Those goblins *scared* me. It didn't prevent me from reading the book over and over and over again. I have a little sister, so it was easy for me to relate to the main character (no goblins in my personal history, though).
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i read this review the other day from right after the book came out. the reviewer was going on and on about how the themes were much too adult, with sexuality and kidnapping. you know what? i was five. i just loved it.
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Yes, creepy, but beautiful. Even after twenty odd years, I can still recall the illustrations with vivid detail. Especially the baby, who was cute in a gobliny sort of way.
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I happened to be at the same printing plant in Los Angeles when Sendak was printing the first edition of this book. I got to see his original drawings. Amazing.
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Read in October, 1983
Remember the fake baby that the hooded dwarves made out of ice when they kidnapped the real baby? Nightmare city!
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my favorite children's book, so dark and lush and utterly beautiful, my copy has fallen apart from use.
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This book is spooky in a really terrific way. I feel all creepy and happy just thinking about it.
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