OUTSIDE, OVER THERE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Maurice Sendak | 40 pages | 26 May 2007 | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | 9780064431859 | English | New York, NY, United States Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak. With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride. Get A Copy. Paperback , 40 pages. Published February 28th by HarperCollins first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Outside Over There , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Outside Over There. Aug 22, karen rated it it was amazing Shelves: mark-harmon , kiddiwinx. View all 24 comments. May 21, Hilary rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Not children. Shelves: children-without-adults , male-author-or-illustrator , fairy-tales-and-folk-tales. This is such a scary book, it could be seen as a fairytale perhaps for adults to read and the illustrations are so skillfully drawn. But as a children's book it's just too disturbing. I can remember picking this up in the children's picture book area of the library, I must have been under 5 yrs and I found it really scary. I'm so glad I couldn't This is such a scary book, it could be seen as a fairytale perhaps for adults to read and the illustrations are so skillfully drawn. I'm so glad I couldn't read because I would have found out that this little girl baby is being stolen for a bride for the goblins and not getting married when she grows up which would be bad enough but getting married as a baby. The text also mentions the honeymoon which I think is really disturbing considering we are talking about a baby. Not a book for children. Outside Over There must refer to where children ask their parents to put this book after having it for a bedtime story. Read on openlibrary. View all 29 comments. Apr 01, Manybooks rated it did not like it Shelves: fairy-tales-fantasy , folklore-kunstmarchen , childrens-literature , picture-books , book-reviews. And while I at first did think that I would be granting a high two star rating to Outside Over There , sorry, but in particular the featured narrative, the way that young Ida is textually described and presented by the author just does so much and personally chafe and ache that I can and will only consider one star but please also do note that I have absolutely no issue with Outside Over There being in print, that while I personally have not at all enjoyed the book, I also do not think that Outside Over There is inappropriate and needs to be censored or restricted. Now I do recognise that my ultra-negative reaction is more than likely entirely personal and emotional, but be that as it may, I stand by the fact that Outside Over There really and majorly bothers me deep down inside and that frankly, I am also glad not to have encountered Outside Over There as a young child. Now as to the accompanying illustrations for Outside Over There , while I do admit that they are adept and evocatively rendered, personally, and although I usually and generally love love love Maurice Sendak's artwork, I have not really found the pictorial images of especially Ida all that aesthetically pleasing her feet look huge, and her face, well, it makes her appear like a haggard old woman, not a young girl, and in fact, strangely, the depressed mother actually has a much more youthful countenance than Ida. And while I certainly have no issues with the fact that the goblin babies are depicted as being naked, I do find it a trifle unsettling how in one's proverbial face and at such close visual range this is always being depicted. I mean Outside Over There really has nothing even remotely to do with nakedness, with nudity per se, but yet, there are at least six large illustrative spreads of cavorting naked goblin babies and very close to the edge of the page at that and as such much more visually and even physically closer for that matter than little Mickey in In the Night Kitchen and with him, there actually is a bona fide reason for him being in the buff, as he is dreaming and in his dream, he is naked, but in Outside Over There , the illustrated nakedness of the goblin babies, while it definitely has not really bothered me all that much as nudity is something entirely natural, definitely does feel gratuitous and unnecessary. View all 20 comments. Feb 25, Calista rated it really liked it Shelves: award-caldecott , genre-fantasy , genre-mystery , women , z-maurice- sendak , genre-horror-gothic , art-lovely , award-various , bage-children , award-national-book. I really like this book. It was the inspiration for the movie 'the Labyrinth'. This is a book of art. Each page is so beautiful. It is stunning. The problem with the stunning art is the story. It is a scary story. My niece is still scared to go to sleep by herself. I can't let her read this story of people climbing in a window and stealing away a child. She is rescued, but this would be too much for her. I know the child is unharmed and the girl saves the day and all, but it was disturbing for I really like this book. I know the child is unharmed and the girl saves the day and all, but it was disturbing for me in ways. This is a horror story for children. But the art is out of this world beautiful and safe. It's a mix of horror and beauty. So strange. I actually liked the story knowing the kidnappers were goblins, but I won't read this to the kids. It is intense. Maybe I'm overprotective, but I don't want the parents-my brother- to kill me once their children will no longer sleep alone. I wouldn't be allowed to read more books to them. Wow, such a powerful story. View 2 comments. Shelves: caldecott , banned-books , most-loved-by-me , favorite-kids-books , young-children-s-books. It is absolutely beautiful. Recently I gave them each their own copy for their Hope less Chests, so that they can read it to their own children. My children are all in therapy and take strong psychiatric medicines due to their fear of being exchanged by goblins for an ice changling and being carried away. I am positive that the reading of this book in their formative years had nothing whatsoever to do with that, however. By the way, I am drugged and in therapy too. Keeps the drooling at bay. Oct 09, Marie rated it it was amazing Shelves: children-s , goblins , changeling. I was not, however, acquainted with this book until this summer. Aside from winning numerous awards and inspiring LaValles The Changeling , this is the book that inspired the movie Labrynth. This book is dark, mysterious, magical. The father is away at sea. The mother is depressed, aloof.. Ida, the older sister, is the one who must watch over her baby sister, but turns away while playing her horn, neglectful. With her back turned, faceless goblins enter through the window stealing away the baby and leaving an ice version of a baby in its place. Ida scoops up the changeling that the goblins left behind which then melts in her arms. Ida is eventually successful in recovering her sister by putting the goblins into a dancing frenzy with her tune. Was she jealous of the baby and that is why she wished her away? The artwork in this book is not of the cartoonish quality found in In the Night Kitchen. The art is reminiscent of 19th century German paintings. Do all the characters of the dream reflect the thoughts and feelings of the dreamer? I read this to my daughter who had just turned 5. She was mesmerized and when we finished she turned back to the page where the goblins are stealing the baby and asked me to read it again. I highly recommend this book for everyone! Maurice Sendak has also said he does not write for children, but simply writes. He has escaped this notion that we need to protect our children from the experience of loss and strangeness in life. View all 6 comments. Shelves: ghost-stories , 4-star , buy-it-you-fool. Much as I hate interpretations of artists based on their books, I've got to say - Sendak has got some serious problems with women. They fall in and out of their clothes and wander about with arrogant nakedness, they create Much as I hate interpretations of artists based on their books, I've got to say - Sendak has got some serious problems with women. They fall in and out of their clothes and wander about with arrogant nakedness, they create violent, mythical worlds, they abandon their parents and are forgiven and return to dinner waiting for them, still hot. Basically the theme of his many other books, as well. Here, we have Ida. Poor Ida is a good girl.