A new digital audio edition of Maurice SendakBԪַs BԪַWhere the Wild Things AreBԪַ will have a very well known narrator: former first lady Michelle Obama.
HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the bookBԪַs original release. Michelle Obama has read from BԪַWhere the Wild Things AreBԪַ before. In 2016, the classic picture book for an Easter event at the South Lawn of the White House.
BԪַMaurice Sendak would have been absolutely delighted with Mrs. ObamaBԪַs superb rendition of BԪַWhere the Wild Things Are,BԪַ and her strong commitment to children is much admired by us all in the Sendak household,BԪַ Lynn Caponera, president and treasurer of the Maurice Sendak Foundation, said in a statement.
Sendak, one of the worldBԪַs most famous childrenBԪַs authors, at age 83. His other books included BԪַIn the Night Kitchen,BԪַ BԪַChicken Soup with RiceBԪַ and BԪַOutside Over There.BԪַ
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