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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

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This is one of my all time favorite books. It is a story about a kid named Max who was sent to his room and makes the most of time out …… while he is in his room for what seams like days to him his room turns in to a jungle complete with a sea and a boat that takes him to where the wild things are, and they make him king of the wild things. But Max gets tired and misses home so he sails back home and find a bowl of soup in his room and it’s still warm.
dbhutch | Jun 27, 2009 |  
This Caldecott Winner is about an unruly little boy, dressed like a wolf, who was sent to bed without supper. His imagination turned his room into a jungle and then an ocean which he sailed across to a land where the wild things are. He used magic to tame them and became king. Soon he was hungry and lonesome for home, so he sailed back to his room where his supper was waiting for him.

I enjoyed this excellent picture book with many of the pages simply illustrations with no words at all. The pictures take you to a magical place where wild creatures don't seem so scary after all. My oldest son loved looking at the not-so-scary monsters and pretending he was playing with them. He is 30 now and enjoys reading this book to his son.

As an extension, I would encourage children to use their imagination to draw a scary creature of their own. Then they could explain it to others so it would not be scary any more. Also, students could write an adventure where they are the main character or the "king".
lindyvee | Jun 19, 2009 |  
Another favorite of mine from my childhood. I love this story and would recommend to anyone and everyone! ( )
onyxfox | Jun 19, 2009 |  
This book is about animals that have come together but live out in the wild. It is a tale that talks about the main character a monster and how he lives in the wild.
I love love love this book and read it when I was a child. I wanted my room to be just like the into the wild book. I think this is a great book for any age. I would read it over again and I am 23 years old!
I think this book would be good to read to children in a lower education level setting. you could read the book to the children and then have them draw what they thought their into the wild would look .
bwyatt | Jun 16, 2009 |  
'The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another...' so begins one of the most beloved children's stories. As many children can relate to, Max has gotten carries away in his play and has been sent to his room. But this is where the adventure begins! Magically, in his room, a forest grew and his walls became the world all around. Max sails to the land where the Wild Things are, and instead of eating Max they make him king.
The illustrations are easily identifiable as Sendak's, with pages where the story is told simply through the artwork. The Wild Things are wonderfully horrifying and funny as they participate in the wild rumpus. Appealing to all children who have ever been sent to their room Where the Wild Things Are is a must have for every library. ( )
fullerl | Jun 11, 2009 |  
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The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another, his mother called him wild thing. And so he said, "I'll eat you UP!" And so he was sent to bed without eating anything.
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Max is sent to his room without supper and imagines (or dreams?) a wild rumpus in a land where he is the King of All Wild Things. Though the Wild Things love him so much they want to eat him up, Max makes the choice to go back home, sailing back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and night into his own room, where his mother has left him his supper after all. A wonderful story for self-awareness, acceptance of “wild thing” feelings and understanding that (for most of us) there is someone who loves us no matter what.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060254920, Hardcover)

The 1964 Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year by Maurice Sendak. Brian O'Doherty of The New York Times said the Mr. Sendak's work "disguised in fantasy, springs from his earliest self, from the vagrant child that lurks in the heart of all of us."

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