NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak's 鈥淲here the Wild Things Are鈥� 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 book's original release. Michelle Obama has read from 鈥淲here the Wild Things Are鈥� before. In 2016, the classic picture book for an Easter event at the South Lawn of the White House.
鈥淢aurice Sendak would have been absolutely delighted with Mrs. Obama鈥檚 superb rendition of 鈥榃here the Wild Things Are,鈥� and her strong commitment to children is much admired by us all in the Sendak household,鈥� Lynn Caponera, president and treasurer of the Maurice Sendak Foundation, said in a statement.
Sendak, one of the world's most famous children's authors, at age 83. His other books included 鈥淚n the Night Kitchen,鈥� 鈥淐hicken Soup with Rice鈥� and 鈥淥utside Over There.鈥�
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