Circus Girl

Sendak, Jack

ISBN 10: 0060287837 / ISBN 13: 9780060287832

Published by HarperCollins Children's Book Group, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2002

About this Item

A lovely copy of the 2002 Edition written by Jack Sendak and illustrated by his brother, Maurice, signed for Parrish Books by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. The popular story of a little girl who lives with the circus and dreams and wonders what the people "outside" are like. In brown cloth, the book is fine and unread with a gold colorful dustjacket in protective plastic cover. The dustjacket is in fine condition but for the lightest touches of wear at the very corners. A lovely copy. Seller Inventory # 1385

Bibliographic Details

Title: Circus Girl

Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Sendak, Maurice

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine in Archival Plastic Cover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: Reissued Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Fans of Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal-winning Where the Wild Things Are will love Circus Girl—a loving collaboration between Maurice Sendak and his brother, Jack Sendak.

Born amid the happy life of the circus, Flora loves her fellow performers. But when she begins to have terrible dreams about the people who come to see the circus every night, she sets off on a journey to learn more about them.  

Saturday Review praised Circus Girl, saying, “Flora finds out many things in this imaginative story by Jack Sendak: that bad dreams are just dreams, and that the great audiences that frightened her were warm and friendly when she got to know them. . . . A book that will intrigue both adults and children.”

First published in 1957, Circus Girl is a special collaboration between brothers!

From the Back Cover:

The story of the little circus girl Flora flourishes under the care of the gifted Sendak brothers in this, one of their few collaborations.