false 18671619 1022982 19543 0099408392 9780099408390 1599 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167257946m/19543.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167257946s/19543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19543.Where_the_Wild_Things_Are 4.45 33661 Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child & a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief & gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations, perhaps his finest, are beautiful. Each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with mismatched parts & 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 & a child's imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf's suit, giggle-stiflingly funny at times, & even manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home.]]> 4489 4.41 52903 3029 1963 5 11 false Wed Mar 26 08:09:46 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 22 06:35:12 -0700 2009
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 "...more...]]>