Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Outside over there

Ida is supposed to take care of her baby sister while their father is at sea. One day when she is not paying attention, goblins come and kidnap her sister. Ida plays her horn to charm the goblins with her music and rescues her sister. From that day on, she never takes her eyes off her baby sister.

Sendak, Maurice

Harper and Row

Outside over there

0-06-025523-4

New York

1981

Abstract provided by Suzanne Wolf and Brandie Jones, 1994