Where the Wild Things Are was a favorite of mine when I was little, and is still a favorite now. This is a great book for kids going into Kindergarden-1st grade, but fun for all ages. The art work is amazing, too. ( )

This was my favorite book when I was a child. i would read it over and over event tho there were few sentences in the book to start with. The story is about a boy named Max who gets in trouble for being too "wild" and is sent to bed without any dinner. While in his room he thinks of a wild island where he lives with these "wild things" and they make a huge rumpus within the night. Max becomes king of all wild things but eventually in the end returns home where his mother had left him dinner. This book is a wonderful read!

My friends and I who went to see this movie (all the way in Tigard for the IMAX screen) were more than a little excited, and I am happy to report that nobody left disappointed. The images in the movies were so beautifully done. It respected Sendak's original work but still managed to add SO much to the characters, their relationships, and the plot. I thoroughly enjoyed the delightful yet atrocious personalities that have been created for each of the original wild things. I also thought the back-story created to connect all of the these characters was well done and relatable. The film was also particularly successful in taking the core message from the book and extending it to make children explore some of the themes and ideas in new and deeper ways. It's funny because normally I would love any chance to critique to my heart's content, and it is very rare that I actually enjoy a movie made from a book I like so much. In this case, I was entirely surprised and pleased and really couldn't find anything to complain about. 

The design of this book was particularly amazing. As young Max's imagination grew, so did the artwork until it took up full pages of the story.

this is a great book that uses a little boys imagination when he is sent off to his room, he becomes the leader the king of all the wild things ( )