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Where the Wild Things Are

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Where the Wild Things Areis fifty years old! Let the wild rumpus with Max and all the wild things continue as this classic comes to life as never before with new reproductions of Maurice Sendak's artwork. Astonishing state-of-the-art technology faithfully captures the color and detail of the original illustrations. Sendak himself enthusiastically endorsed this impressive n...more

Hardcover, 50th Anniversary Edition, 48 pages

Published December 26th 2012 by HarperCollins (first published 1963)

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Jan 09, 2012 Gundula rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone!!

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It is hard to review a book that was and still is one of my favorite all-time picture books. I love everything about this book, from the text to the illustrations. I also love the message Maurice Sendak promotes here, a message of unconditional love, a message that even if one misbehaves, there will be supper waiting on the table (Max does get sent to his room, but no matter how much he has misbehaved, his mother will always love him and cherish him). Of course, that particular message is only o...more It is hard to review a book that was and still is one of my favorite all-time picture books. I love everything about this book, from the text to the illustrations. I also love the message Maurice Sendak promotes here, a message of unconditional love, a message that even if one misbehaves, there will be supper waiting on the table (Max does get sent to his room, but no matter how much he has misbehaved, his mother will always love him and cherish him). Of course, that particular message is only one of many. As essential as the concept of universal love is the fact that children's emotions and tantrums are taken seriously and not dismissed here. Max might be seen and chastised as a "wild thing" by his mother, but his emotions, his actions are seen as an integral part of his being, maybe not quite appropriate, but also not completely inappropriate, but rather as a living, breathing part of Max's soul. And it is these emotions, these feelings that are the impetus to Max's adventures in the realm of the Wild Thing. However, once Max's emotions have been allowed and have flourished to the maximum, he retreats from the realm of the Wild Things and is happy to return home to his room, his waiting supper and his mother's love.

One thing I must mention concerning my recent reading of Where the Wild Things Are (for the Picture Book Club in the Children's Literature Group) is that it was the first time I have ever read this book in English. I had only ever read the book in German translation, and I have to say that I actually like the translated German text better than the original English text. For those who know me, this is quite a different attitude, as I am usually very much in favour of original texts and keeping any translated texts as close to the original as possible. In this particular case, I think that I like the German text better because it is the text that I had read to me when I was a child and that I later read for myself (and a few years ago read to my nieces). It has a nostalgic hold on me that the original text, no matter how ingenious, will never have (for me, the ultimate version of Where the Wild Things Are will always, always be the German translation, Wo Die Wilden Kerle Wohnen).(less)

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Jun 10, 2013 Jason Koivu rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Like a gremlin crouched in the back of a dim cave, Where the Wild Things Are lay on my cousin's bedroom floor. My cousin was in kindergarden and I was being babysat by my aunt, busy in the kitchen downstairs - might as well have been miles away. The bedroom shades were drawn, the house quiet, the room empty. That book with its-its things in it called to me. I'd never seen anything like it. My books had colorful, happy animals that didn't make me feel this way....what was this feeling? Was this w...more

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Jul 12, 2011 jzhunagev rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Kidz at ♥!

Recommended to jzhunagev by: Saw the movie

Shelves: 2011-reads, award-winning-best-seller, adventure, childrens-or-middle-grade-books, classics, dark-chest-of-wonders, fantasy

Through a Child’s Eye
(A Book Review of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are)

I’m glad that I recently scored a vintage 1963 edition (pictures here) of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are in Booksale during one of the mini Meet Ups with my Goodreads-The Filipino Group friends. I breeze through the book in a matter of minutes while waiting for them, and right there and then something just hit me. Without a doubt, it certainly earns its place as a classic storybook of Children’s Literat...more

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Nov 03, 2007 Nathan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Delusional miscreants.

Shelves: fiction

I have no doubt that this book damaged me, psychologically, as a small child. It is one of the earliest books I vividly remember reading aloud to myself, and I remember the first time my mother read it to me before she put me to bed. Here's the gist of the plot: A little boy named Max dresses up in a wolf costume, plays with a hammer, chases his dog with a fork, then threatens to cannibalize his mother. His mother, a master of irony, then puts him to bed with no dinner. Already, this story shoul...more I have no doubt that this book damaged me, psychologically, as a small child. It is one of the earliest books I vividly remember reading aloud to myself, and I remember the first time my mother read it to me before she put me to bed. Here's the gist of the plot: A little boy named Max dresses up in a wolf costume, plays with a hammer, chases his dog with a fork, then threatens to cannibalize his mother. His mother, a master of irony, then puts him to bed with no dinner. Already, this story should start creeping you out. Then a forest starts to grow in Max's bedroom. And no, no chemicals have been ingested anywhere in the story. Though the bit about chasing the dog with the fork does imply a delusional state. Regardless, a fucking forest grows in the kids bedroom. So naturally he gets in a boat and sails off to the other side of the world, to where all these "wild things" are. And promptly subjugates everyone he sees. I'm a damn toddler, and my mom is reading me a book about a sociopath. So Max has a ball with this gang he's conquered and converted, and they howl at the moon and hop through trees. Then he gets hungry and goes home, where his mother, no doubt terrified of his new army of foreign creatures, has left his food for him, still warm. I thought, "This woman aims to do me harm." Yes, please, mother. Read me a story about my bedroom becoming a forest inhabited by monsters, then put me to bed. Think I slept that night? No, I hid out under my bed with a plastic baseball bat, a water gun and flashlight, hoping to God that if this was the night it all went wrong, I had the courage to look those monsters in the eye and pretend I wasn't wetting myself. I made a nest with a giant teddy bear and two pillows and didn't come out until the next morning, when I heard my mom coming down the hall. All day long I pretended nothing was different. But I asked her to read me Where The Wild Things Are again that night. And the next night. For months. I would ask her questions like "Do you think I will have my monsters get you if you don't make me supper?" And she'd smile, and say "Go to bed, Nathan." Spooky shit, I'm telling you. I learned to read through fear and intimidation. A subversive masterpiece.

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Aug 16, 2007 fleegan rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This book is crap, and let me tell you why. The kid is a jerk and is sent to his room without supper. He proceeds to go to some magical place where these monsters live and he bosses them around and is mean to them. Then he gets back home...having not learned that being a mean jerk is wrong...and there on his table in his room is dinner...and it's still warm. What's the lesson here exactly?
Hate the book.

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Jun 19, 2012 Kirk rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Satanists and Hippies

Recommended to Kirk by: An evil librarian who used to ply us with candy bars to make us read

Where the Wild Things Are

What's the moral of this story? Some might say Sendack's work is a testament to the unbridled powers of a child's imagination. Others would posit that the true virtue of Where the Wild Things Are stems from the reversal of a timeless power dynamic in which monsters frighten children. In Sendack's carefully rendered world, monsters submit to the whims of children, which appears to suit Max well enough. I assume it works well for other children as well. If you can't convi...more Where the Wild Things Are

What's the moral of this story? Some might say Sendack's work is a testament to the unbridled powers of a child's imagination. Others would posit that the true virtue of Where the Wild Things Are stems from the reversal of a timeless power dynamic in which monsters frighten children. In Sendack's carefully rendered world, monsters submit to the whims of children, which appears to suit Max well enough. I assume it works well for other children as well. If you can't convince snot-nosed brats that monsters don't exist, at least you can convince them that monsters are friendly. Children, after all, are like neo-conservatives. You can only reason with them on their own delusional terms.

Here's the summary:

Max is an asshole. His mother calls him a monster, so he flies into a cannibalistic rage. She sends him to his room without dinner, which doesn't seem to be the best of ideas since he just threatened to eat her f*&% face off, but whatever. This book isn't heralded as a classic because of its promotion of high-quality parenting techniques. I'll get to that in a moment.

I couldn't help but notice the parallels between the story of Max and the early years of Siddhartha. Both starve themselves until they hallucinate. But the similarities end there. Siddhartha realizes that his approach to transcendentalism is misguided, and he eats once more. Max, on the other hand, starves himself for a night and trees grow in his room. Then he proceeds to get on a boat and fast for an entire year, at which point he starts seeing giant monsters.

The fact that these monsters cater to his delusions of grandeur--cowering in his presence and sharing his flesh-eating inclinations--lets us know that Max has externalized his fantasy world through strict fasting. On one hand, I respect this kid. I can rarely push through four days without wheat before the weekend starts and I pack in 80lbs of corporate-grown meat and bleached bread. On the other hand, what the hell is this book teaching our children? I'll tell you.

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That middle finger means "I was raised on Sendak!"

Aside from self-imposed starvation, the book teaches children to give up on their aspirations as soon as the slightest temptation arises: "he smelled good things to eat so he gave up being king." It sends the message that those who love you would just as happily rip your entrails out and feast upon them as soon as you decide to leave: "Oh please don't go-we'll eat you up-we love you so!" And, finally, it shows them that parents' threats are temporally limited, and eventually love will cause them to cave in. At the end of the story, Max returns to his room "where he found his supper waiting for him." Way to be strong, mom. Pushover.

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Mar 22, 2009 Brad rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Of all the books I read my kids, and there are many, this is my favourite to perform.

It is so easy to turn Where the Wild Things Are into a a big, rollicking tickle fest, and I am never able to resist the urge. When those Wild Things show up with their "terrible roars" and "terrible eyes" and "terrible claws," I attack my kids with everything I've got until they are reduced to quivering masses of giggled out jelly.

And Max, the King of the Wild Things, is one of the coolest kids in any kids book...more

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Feb 12, 2012 Ronyell rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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“Where the Wild Things Are” is Maurice Sendak’s most popular children’s book and has won the Caldecott Medal for being the most distinguished picture book of the year. Many libraries across the country have dedicated themselves to this book because of its imaginative creatures and illustrations. This book deserves the title “best children’s book” that it gained over the years.

Maurice Sendak beautifully illustrates this book with pastel colors and occasional pencil scratching for the wild things’...more “Where the Wild Things Are” is Maurice Sendak’s most popular children’s book and has won the Caldecott Medal for being the most distinguished picture book of the year. Many libraries across the country have dedicated themselves to this book because of its imaginative creatures and illustrations. This book deserves the title “best children’s book” that it gained over the years.

Maurice Sendak beautifully illustrates this book with pastel colors and occasional pencil scratching for the wild things’ hair. The illustrations that were the true highlights of this book were of the wild things having a party in six pages of the book and of Max sailing in his private boat at night when he comes back home from where the things are. Max’s character is also highlighted in this book as he responds to what a child would face if their reality is harsh and usually most children would try to imagine a world where they can do anything they want and not get in trouble with the things they do. However, when Max realizes that the wild things do not love him as much as his mother does; he decides to face reality when he returns home from where the wild things are.

Parents should know that for children who have not read “Where the Wild Things Are” might be frightened by the images of the monsters in this book. The monsters are portrayed as being half human, half animal, and half of other various creatures such as a monster on the cover of the book that has human feet and the body of a bull. These monsters may be too scary for small children as they appear to be extremely threatening towards the main character, Max, at the beginning of the book when they showed their terrible claws and teeth. However, as the book progresses, the monsters turned out to be a bit timid around Max which may lessen the fear that children would have for these monsters.

“Where the Wild Things Are” is clearly a distinguished children’s book ahead of its time and has remained to be one of the best picture books of all time. Its theme about how children use imagination to occasionally escape the perils of their lives is clearly defined in this book and would help many children realize how helpful imagination can be for their lives. However, parents may want to read this book before they show it to their children and see if their children like the monsters in this book. I would strongly recommend this book for ages five and over because while the book is easy to read, the monsters may be too much for children under five to handle.

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Jun 08, 2008 Meg rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: EVERYONE (yes, even you adults)

Recommended to Meg by: my mommy... who read it every night

Another 5 star! Man, I'm getting generous. You guys just keep bringing up stories that KICK TRASH! This is the greatest children's book in the history of time as far as I'm concerned. And I'll tell you something WICKED AWESOME about it that I figured out when I researched it for a play adaptation I wrote. **GET OUT THE COPY OF YOUR CHILDREN'S BOOK RIGHT NOW**... Flip through the pages, and notice that on the first page the artwork is a small rectangle... then it grows larger and larger on every...more

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Mar 16, 2008 G rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kids-books-that-don-t-make-me-yawn

The classic. I would take this on a desert island. So much to explore and interpret in the words and the pictures. I'm afraid my girls don't like the book as much as I do. But sooner or later, they'll come around.

I see quite a few people complaining about Max being a little shit and not learning a lesson in "Where the Wild Things Are." Well, guess what, a lot of kids are little shits. And I believe Max did learn a few things on his journey. Sometimes it's not so good to be the king. Even with al...more

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May 08, 2012 n* Dalal rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I never read this book as a child; in my immigrant family, the childhood tales were of Akbar and Birbil, not Max and the Wild Things.

With the movie coming out, and so much talk about it, I started feeling like maybe I was missing something. But I also felt trapped, because what I had already missed out on reading this book as a child. Reading the book now means I'll know what all of you are talking about, but the childhood memories of relating to Max just can't happen. I've missed something I'l...more

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Aug 30, 2012 Angela rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2008, favorites, permanent-collection

It's hard to believe I never read this book as a child, but it's true. I'm glad to read it as an adult, when I can fully appreciate Sendak's artwork and subtle humor. This is a children's book that truly deserves every accolade and award showered upon it. It has a home in our permanent library now, for any child that comes along to enjoy.

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Oct 22, 2009 Otis Chandler rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, childrensbooks

I didn't want to add any children's books - but this one was just too cool...

Update: Saw the movie - the book was much better!

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Aug 09, 2008 Dolly rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: parents reading to their children

Shelves: childrens, 1970s, caldecott-medal, reading-rainbow, monsters, picture-book-club

I remember this from my childhood - and I remember thinking that it was quite scary to me at the time! I finally got around to reading it to our girls - I figure they are old enough to handle it without being too scared. It's an interesting story, with very creative illustrations. But I still think the "Wild Things" are a little scary for little ones!

I took our girls to see the movie and it was okay, but I think we probably should've waited until they were 8 or 9. I think of this as a children's...more

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Sep 07, 2011 Oliur Rahman rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Maurice Sendak's classic picture book is the perfect read for children in their early years.Centred around a young boy sent to his room without dinner for causing mischief around the house, it is important to note that his mother referred to him as a 'wild thing' before disciplining him. Overnight his room transforms into a wild forest' leading him to embark on a journey to where the wild things are. There he uses his powers to tame the animals who appoint him to be their king. Life as a king do...more

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Jan 18, 2012 Kathryn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-picture-books

"Where the Wild Things Are" is one of the books I remember vividly from my childhood. While I'm not sure I would call it a "favorite" (it didn't completely resonate with me as some books did, nor was it a "cozy" sort of story that I loved reading over and over), there was something utterly fascinating about it... I found the Wild Things so intriguing, I at once admired and felt ashamed of Max's behavior, I felt bad that he had to leave the Wild Things but yet happy that he went home, that his mo...more

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Jun 27, 2008 Gretchen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"The pictures in this one scared me. Maybe when I'm older, say 6 months old, I'll like it then!!"

That was then, now that I'm older and more mature (I am 6.5 months old now!!) I was able to read this book, with mommy's help. While the picture's are still daunting, I thoroughly enjoyed the story. This one may very well become one of my favorites.

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Mar 24, 2008 Havenisle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is where is all started. This tore down the walls in my imagination and let me run wild with the animals!!!

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May 23, 2013 Ismael Galvan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I was kid I was a terror. My elementary school teachers were straight ducking for cover! Needless to say I was constantly reminded that I was a "bad kid." Well when you're just a kid that sort of stuff sticks in your head. Teachers and parents still held that mystical god-like quality over us. The whole thing bummed me out.

One day the teacher read us Where the Wild Things Are. Man, it was so great to finally see a book where the hero wasn't some wiener, goody two shoes being championed as t...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Cheryl in CC NV rated it 5 of 5 stars

For years I had this memorized. I still love it. I dread seeing the movie, but someday I will.

reread Jan 19, 2011 for the Children's Books group -

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I just re-read Wild Things after a decade off and it was just a magical as the hundred other times I read it with my kids.

I loved how the size of the illustration grew, taking over more and more of the page until the rumpus, then rapidly shrinking until time to sleep. This not only reinforces the symmetry of the story's timeline itself, with the f...more

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Dec 21, 2007 Johnny G rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I lived in Richmond,Kentucky when I was a kid. It was a sweet, semi-rural upbringing where a six year old could walk up the street with his little poodle dog (that would be me and mine) and visit a kindly elderly couple that would only allow the dog on their couch when the dog had just been washed. Somehow the dog knew this and was always ready to take that walk up the street after it had been bathed. Weird, I know. It was also the kind of small town where people who read the New Yorker were few...more

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Jun 27, 2008 Maureen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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"The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind..." These are probably the best 13 opening words ever written in the history of picture books.

Sendak is a master of brevity, telling poignant stories in less words than most of us use to talk about the weather. His approach to children's literature is honest and non condescending. He remembers what is was like to be a child, and through his storytelling reminds the rest of us how our perception of the world was when we were young; d...more

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Aug 17, 2008 Steve rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone

Perhaps if George Bush had chosen this as his favorite book instead of 'The Hungry Caterpillar,' then maybe his tenure in office would have been slightly different (it would have also been better for him to have chosen a book that had NOT been published simultaneous with his college years, as was the case with 'Caterpillar'; at least with 'Where The Wild Things Are,' we could have all at least PRETENDED that his mother read it to him..... but I digress).

Well, anyway, what more is there to say ot...more

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Mar 20, 2009 Troy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Is it wrong that this is still probably my favorite book?

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Jan 04, 2009 Jasmine rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: everyone that's ever been a kid

Shelves: own, children

i STILL have this book!

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Nov 19, 2012 Nida Iftekaruddin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Grade/interest level: 2-3
Reading level: 740L
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy

Main Characters: Max
Setting: Wild place
POV: Third person

Summary

Max dresses up in a wolf costume and his mother sends him to bed without any dinner. Max’s room slowly grows trees and vines. His room becomes a jungle. All of a sudden, he gets into a private boat and travels to a land far away. Strange creatures with large claws, large teeth, and yellow eyes greet him. However, they do not hurt him. In fact, they consider him to be...more

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Mar 26, 2009 Danny rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Incredible!!!!

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Mar 25, 2009 Erica R Hopper rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: children

Recommended to Erica R by: My mother

Shelves: 2009, childhood, books-i-own

Maurice Sendak, in my opinion, struck oil when he created this children's story. Childhood memories can be shady or impossible to remember until you discover something that came directly from your childhood. Where the Wild Things Are has that magical power over me. Every time I hear of the book or see the familiar images I return to the age of six when I received my first (and only) copy of the book from my teacher as a Christmas present.

It was my favorite book as a child and one of the first b...more Maurice Sendak, in my opinion, struck oil when he created this children's story. Childhood memories can be shady or impossible to remember until you discover something that came directly from your childhood. Where the Wild Things Are has that magical power over me. Every time I hear of the book or see the familiar images I return to the age of six when I received my first (and only) copy of the book from my teacher as a Christmas present.

It was my favorite book as a child and one of the first books I ever read on my own (obsessively). The story struck a cord in me and even now when I read it I remember what excited me so much.

While some children would be scared of the story I found it to be fantastic. The premises is that a little boy (Max) is sent to bed without any dinner because of his poor behavior. This immediately was seen as fantasy to my child eyes because I had never before been sent to bed without a meal. The idea was blasphemous and to me was impossible to occur! But I knew there were other kids who were bad and would get punished. I had just never thought that such a punishment could be no food. He stomps off into his room and it magically becomes a forest. I think this was my most favorite part of the book. I would look at the illustrations over and over again because I understood, in my child's mind, exactly how a bedroom could become a forest. I mean, my bedroom turned into a ship, Santa's sleigh, and forests all the time; why couldn't Max's room do the same?

He adventures off to the land where the wild things are. Monsters of sorts who are made up of different body parts from different animals. This scared me slightly as a child. While Max joyfully joined the wild things I would have paired them as the scary monsters in any of my playtimes. But seeing that Max didn't find them all that scary and they in turn seemed to worship Max I realized... maybe monsters aren't all that scary.

I'd love to say that this book enlightened me to believe that wild things who look scary might not actually be. It's not the outside that counts, blah blah. But they still kind of creeped me out and I still had plenty of monsters in my playtime moments.

But the book remained a classic in my mind. I would read it over and over. When I got older and was doing art project for school I recall making the wild things out of clay and even today I feel a soft happiness inside of me when I look over the colorful drawings and read the brief story. As a child it's a great story to loose yourself in and a wonderful start for a child to learn to read. As an adult it holds the warmth of nostalgia.(less)

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Jun 09, 2013 Elizabeth Vance rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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One of my favorites as a child and as an adult. Max is a typical child who gets himself into trouble, but when he is sent to his room, he creates his own world, where he makes the rules and people listen to him. But the terrible beasts aren't so terrible they love him and don't want to him to leave. This being a creation of his own imagination, shows the love that Max has in his heart. When he returns home he knows his mother loves him. How can this book not inspire imaginations in every child w...more

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Jun 09, 2013 Lorraine Gaule rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Where the Wild Things Are is written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. I think that it has only increased in its popularity since its publication back in 1963. The winner of the Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguished Picture Book in 1964 has recently been turned into a full motion picture which has only cemented its place as a classic of children's literature.
The story follows Max who dressed up as a wolf and he causes havoc around the house until his Mum calls him a wild thing. Max'...more Where the Wild Things Are is written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. I think that it has only increased in its popularity since its publication back in 1963. The winner of the Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguished Picture Book in 1964 has recently been turned into a full motion picture which has only cemented its place as a classic of children's literature.
The story follows Max who dressed up as a wolf and he causes havoc around the house until his Mum calls him a wild thing. Max's response is, "I'll eat you up!" where upon he’s sent to bed without having his supper. Suddenly a forest grows right there in Max’s bedroom, and when an ocean passes through carrying a boat, Max jumps in and is taken to where the wild things are. Whilst there the wild things who with their terrible roars, terrible teeth and terrible claws make Max their king, he commands them all to have a wild rumpus and they all enjoy dancing and leaping around. It's only when the wild things are asleep that Max begins to realise that he would rather be at home. He clearly misses his Mum, and his supper...
Sendak's delightful adventure is wonderfully illustrated and allows the reader to be submerged in his world. After reading each line your eyes are drawn to the pictures where they linger for a considerable time.
It is clearly a book that was created with the intention of being read to a child at bed time, but can also be used with its sparing 338 words to teach young children to read. In addition it can have beneficial use in the classroom with children in Key Stage 1 Literacy. It could be used as a way of showing them the wonders of imagination prior to undertaking a piece of creative story writing themselves and showing the importance of description. It could also be used for this purpose in Art for them being able to draw more detailed and to then perhaps be able to write a description then getting them as a class to match the pictures to their descriptions. Or to write descriptions and them swap them and get them to draw from the description.
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Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. An elementary school (from kindergarten to grade five) in North Hollywood, California is named in his honor.

Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents, and decided to become an illustrator after viewing Wal...more

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“Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!” — 404 people liked it

“And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!” — 303 people liked it

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