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Book Title: Maurice Sendak and the Art of Children's Book Illustration
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Individual Artists / General, Children's & Young Adult Literature, American / General
Publication Year: 2012
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: L. M. Poole
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback