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Loading... Where the Wild Things Are (original 1963; edition 1988)by Maurice Sendak
Work detailsWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1963)
 beckytillett | Jun 8, 2013 |  I love this book. Superb illustrations and well written. It is about a child who dreams he is the king of the Wild Things (monsters). It is fun and creative. This would make a great read aloud. It also is easy, although probably not for those just starting. It has a lot of words that are tough and there isn't much repetition. So, good for the advanced beginner (if that is a category). (  ) winterbower | Jun 5, 2013 | Child's Imagination  MGraysonk12 | May 30, 2013 | This one remains a favorite, after all these years! ( ) dukefan86 | May 29, 2013 | This is Sendak's best known book and children and adults alike most likely would name this as the book they equate with the author. I never read it until today, still I was very familar with the images of Max and his monsters. Max wore a wolf suit and his costume enabled him the freedom of being naughty. He chased the dog with a fork and was quite nasty to his momma. She promptly sent him to bed with no supper. His anger grew in proportion to the wild forest that swirled and twirled throughout his room. When a boat appears and transports Max to the island of wild things, he has free reign of his temper and snarls and creates a rumpus right along with the beasts. Becoming King of the Beasts soon tires Max and he longs to go home where he is loved. Selling millions upon millions, lush in illustrative power, this Caldecott winner has become an all-time favorite. (  ) Whisper1 | May 27, 2013 |
This is a great book to encourage imagination in your students. It is a fun book. Is contained inThe 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud by Janet Schulman The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature by Jack Zipes The World Treasury of Children's Literature by Clifton Fadiman The World Treasury of Children's Literature : Book 2 by Clifton Fadiman The World Treasury of Children's Literature : Books 1 & 2 by Clifton Fadiman (indirect) WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE AND OTHER STORIES by Maurice Sendak Has the adaptationIs parodied inInspiredHas as a student's study guide
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The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child's imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf suit, and it manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home.
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A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
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This is a classic that most children have read. I have used it before to teach sequence, and have had the students practice re-writing this story as "Where the Mild Things Are" so that they can practice writing a sequence of events. (