The Animal Family

"Unmistakably the best in many a year, a timeless and universal story." -- New York Times Book Review "Like many of the great books of fantasy, The Animal Family is written by a poet. In singing words, he captures the essence of family." -- Horn Book Magazine "Occasionally, very rarely--like the spirit of delight--comes a book that is not so much a book as a kind of visitation. I had not known that I was waiting for The Animal Family , but when it came it was as though I had long been expecting it." -- New York Times "This tale of a lonely hunter and how he acquires a family is the - stuff'' from which a lifetime of dreams and epiphanies is made." -- School Library Journal

About the author

Randall Jarrell (1914–65) received the National Book Award for his book of poems The Woman at the Washington Zoo. His children's book The Animal Family was named a Newbery Honor Book, and his translation of The Three Sisters was produced by the Actors Studio Theatre.
Maurice Sendak’s books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003 Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children’s literature established by the Swedish government.

Product details

• Authors: Randall Jarrell
• Assisted by: Maurice Sendak (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 10.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780063435858
• ISBN: 978-0-06-343585-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Classics, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Adoption, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Bears, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Alternative Family, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Jungle Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Mermaids & Mermen