I am really sad to be critical of such an important author and illustrators work but it is such a let down from his other career defining works ('Where the wild things are', 'In the night kitchen' and 'Outside over there' ) that I feel. You could have solved this problem by giving the child the book to look at themselves, however the book isn't sturdy enough for this with delicate pages that rip easily and as it is a learning book designed to teach pre-reading children the alphabet it can't really be used without someone to read it out loud to its target audience. Also because this is a children's' book and designed to be shared it needs to be bigger, it just isn't big enough to let your child get a really good look when sat on your knee 'reading' with you The size of the book also lets it down, being really rather small, the crease in the page where it is joined together to form a book eats into the page and the illustration and means that you don't get the full impact of the work. The pictures seem a little flat and have a 'workbook, Sketchy' feel to them, like this is the first draft of a book that could be quite good. His artwork alone changed childrens' books for the better and forever with 'Where the wild things are', his follow up books 'In the night kitchen ' and 'Outside over there' were also magnificent works of art, this one however I feel lets the side down a little. I firmly believe that Maurice Sendak has created timeless childrens' books and some of the best childrens' books ever written or illustrated. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements.

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