Where the Wild Things Are by: Maurice Sendak

Genre: Picture Book

Publisher: Harper Collins

Copyright Date: 1963

Number of Pages: 48

Reading Level: 4-8

Summary:

One night Max wore his wolf suit and made all sorts of trouble for his mother. She called him a wild thing and he told her, "I'll eat you up!" Consequently, we was sent to bed without supper. That night a forest grew in his room. The walls became the world around him and hie ceiling hung with vines. There was a private boat waiting for him on the ocean. He got in it and he sailed for a long long time until he came to where the wild things are. The Wild Things were there roaring and gnashing their teeth, but Max shouted for them to be still, and they were frightened and called him the most wild thing of all! He became king of the wild things. He shouted that it was time for the rumpus to start! They danced and swung from vines and played all the time. Then Max called for them to stop and for everyone to go to sleep. They did, but as they lay there Max missed his family. He gave up being king of the wild things and got back in his boat and sailed back to his room, where his supper was waiting for him.

Who would benefit from reading this book/ Who would I recommend this book to?

This is a well loved children's book. I think everyone would do well to own it. It is a good book for parents to read to their children because it has great pictures and it is repetitive in a lot of it.

What problems/conflicts could this book potentially cause?

This book could teach kids that it is OK to disobey because then you can go on wild adventures... I remember this book used to scare me and so you might use caution when reading it to little kids. Especially little girls.

My reaction:

I think this is a great book. It isn't my favorite children's book but it is still good none-the-less. The pictures are what make it exciting for me because it has great illustrations.