"The pictures are vintage Sendak: wry, wild, and with all sorts of
mysteries tucked away in the corners. Yorinks, using his trademark
clever nonsense iced with irony, reveals a tale that links everything
together in riotous fashion. An unexpected gift." --Booklist (starred
review)
"The images hold some of the irrational, dreamlike childhood fears
that Sendak returned to throughout his life as an artist, but Yorinks's
broad humor makes the menace as easy to push aside as a theater curtain.
It's a joy." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Fans of Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal-winning Where the Wild
Things Are will love Presto and Zesto in Limboland--a
never-before-published picture book collaboration between Maurice Sendak
and Arthur Yorinks, author of Caldecott Medal winner Hey, Al.
This marvelous tale tells the story of two friends, Presto and Zesto,
and how they find themselves lost in the magical, mysterious place
called Limboland.
Author Arthur Yorinks said: "Nearly twenty years ago, Maurice and I,
inspired by our friendship, conceived this book about two friends making
their way in a very mixed-up world." The story indeed turns the world
upside down and on its head as Presto and Zesto wander into the
alternate universe of Limboland.
And, in the best and most familiar Sendak and Yorinks tradition, the
rest of the story is an attempt to find their way home past a jumbled
cast of characters. This is the third collaboration between Yorinks and
Sendak, following The Miami Giant (1995) and Mommy? (2006), and is
an homage to their long-time friendship.
