Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
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Author: Maurice SendakBrand: Where the Wild Things Are
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1984-01-01
ISBN: 0064431789
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Book Reviews of Where the Wild Things Are
Book Review: If you haven't already, introduce your child to Max.
Summary: 5 Stars
With "Where The Wild Things Are," Sendak set a new era of Children's story books - those that appeal to adults and children alike. At the time of its first publishing, "Where The Wild Things Are" brought ground-breaking graphics to children's publishing. More importantly, his story spoke to everyone - it evoked squeals of delight from children and heart-felt memories of childhood frustrations in adults.
I owned a number of books from the 1960s list, which included, in order of preference, Dr. Suess' classic "Green Eggs and Ham," Richard Scarry's "Best Word Book Ever" and of course Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are."
Children simply can't help identifying with Sendak's hero Max, the type of kid who amuses himself by dressing in a wolf suit and chasing his hapless dog with a giant fork. Max's frazzled mother calls him a wild thing and sends him to bed without supper. "Wild thing?" As Max broods over the appellation, his imagination takes over. He soon finds himself on a boat to a strange land where he's named king of a herd of wild things all much larger, hairier, and meaner-looking than he ever pretended to be. The whole experience is fun, sure, who wouldn't like all the attention, all the swinging from trees and royal treatment? Still, the boat awaits, and eventually Max takes it back home, to where his mother (now calm) has thoughtfully kept his supper hot.
I've read some recent children's books that stand up to the classics, but Pocahontas and Lion King don't quite make the grade. If you haven't already, introduce your child to Max. It will seem like they've known each other forever. If you do not have kids, but love artwork and the beauty of human spirit, then Where The Wild Things Are has a place on your shelf.
Where The Wild Things Are *is* a classic.
Summary of Where the Wild Things Are
Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king.
Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and 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 and 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, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
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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