Where the Wild Things Are
by: Maurice Sendak
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The 1964 Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year by Maurice Sendak.Brian O'Doherty of The New York Times said the Mr. Sendak's work "disguised in fantasy, springs from his earliest self, from the vagrant child that lurks in the heart of all of us."
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Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rarebooks that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If youdisagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wildrumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sentto bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room,allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's colorillustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of thepage brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--withtheir mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to bescary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they'redownright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of histrademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to thetale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child'simagination.
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 noplace like home.
The 1964 Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year by Maurice Sendak.Brian O'Doherty of The New York Times said the Mr. Sendak's work "disguised in fantasy, springs from his earliest self, from the vagrant child that lurks in the heart of all of us."
Amazon.com Review:
Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rarebooks that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If youdisagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wildrumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sentto bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room,allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's colorillustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of thepage brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--withtheir mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to bescary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they'redownright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of histrademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to thetale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child'simagination.
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 noplace like home.
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Rating: - Old Memories
I purchased this book for my best friend who is having a boy come this December.I did so because I remember so many good memories when my parents read it to me as a child that I wanted him to share those kinds of memories with his son. Despite other reviews of saying this book is "pointless" or "dark and scary", we the reader don't always need to put on our critical, psychoanalytical, or marxist lens and analyse the books we read our children.Doesn't that take the magic out of books like this? ... Read More
Rating: - Imaginative and Amazing Illustrations
The illustrations in this book really caught my eye.My favorite one was when all the wild things were howling at the moon.I enjoyed how the text stretches over a few pages and keeps the reader interested.
Rating: - The BEST
Where the Wild Things Are
I purchase this book for my two year old grandson, he loves to hear his poppa read it to him. It is the only way I have found to get a two year old grandchild to set still for about 15 minutes.
Love the book remember it from when I was a child.
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- Forgiveness without remorse
Briefly, the story revolves around Max, a young boy who behaves naughtily and is sent to bed without supper. In his room, he is transported to another world "where the wild things are" where he is made king of the wild things. After having his fill of leading the wild things, he returns to his room to find his supper left on his dresser.
This story strikes an interesting balance between the real world of Max and his family and Max's dream world "where the wild things are". Whereas in the ... Read More
Rating: - Look into the mind of a child
I just read this the other day to my first grade class, and it turns out I had forgotten just how gorgeous this book is!
It's the story of a boy named Max who imagines himself to another world: an island dominated by monsters, aka "wild things". No, it's not freakishly complex, but it is a kids' story.
It tells of one of the most important things we have: the power of imagination.
- Old MemoriesI purchased this book for my best friend who is having a boy come this December.I did so because I remember so many good memories when my parents read it to me as a child that I wanted him to share those kinds of memories with his son. Despite other reviews of saying this book is "pointless" or "dark and scary", we the reader don't always need to put on our critical, psychoanalytical, or marxist lens and analyse the books we read our children.Doesn't that take the magic out of books like this? ... Read More
- Imaginative and Amazing IllustrationsThe illustrations in this book really caught my eye.My favorite one was when all the wild things were howling at the moon.I enjoyed how the text stretches over a few pages and keeps the reader interested.
- The BESTWhere the Wild Things Are
I purchase this book for my two year old grandson, he loves to hear his poppa read it to him. It is the only way I have found to get a two year old grandchild to set still for about 15 minutes.
Love the book remember it from when I was a child.
- Forgiveness without remorseBriefly, the story revolves around Max, a young boy who behaves naughtily and is sent to bed without supper. In his room, he is transported to another world "where the wild things are" where he is made king of the wild things. After having his fill of leading the wild things, he returns to his room to find his supper left on his dresser.
This story strikes an interesting balance between the real world of Max and his family and Max's dream world "where the wild things are". Whereas in the ... Read More
- Look into the mind of a childI just read this the other day to my first grade class, and it turns out I had forgotten just how gorgeous this book is!
It's the story of a boy named Max who imagines himself to another world: an island dominated by monsters, aka "wild things". No, it's not freakishly complex, but it is a kids' story.
It tells of one of the most important things we have: the power of imagination.
