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This is the story of how, one by one, a man found himself a family. Almost nowhere in fiction is there a stranger, dearer, or funnier family--and the life that the members of The Animal Family live together, there in the wilderness beside the sea, is as extraordinary and as enchanting as the... read more
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First Sentence edit
Once upon a time, long, long ago, where the forest runs down to the ocean, a hunter lived all alone in a house made of logs he had chopped for himself and shingles he had split for himself.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Randall Jarrell (Author)
- Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
Awards edit
- Newbery Honor Book (1966)
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( S ) › Sendak, Maurice
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( J ) › Jarrell, Randall
- Books › Children's Books › Animals › Marine Life › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Animals › Bears › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Obsessions › Mermaids
- Books › Children's Books › Animals › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Classics by Age
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
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