Where the Wild Things Are

Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Author: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper and Row, Publishers
Copyright: 1963 by Maurice Sendak
Ages: 4-8
Pages: 48
Genre: Picture Book

Summary:
One night Max wears his wolf suit and is making trouble. His mother scolds him and he yells “I’ll eat you up!” so his mother sends him to bed without anything to eat. His room begins to change into a forest, with vines and trees and even an ocean nearby. Max hops on a boat and travels for almost over a year to the land of the Wild Things. When Max arrives he tames the Wild Things and they make him their king. As king, he starts a wild rumpus. After a great party, Max sends them off to bed without dinner. And from across the world he could smell his own dinner. So Max leaves the wild things and sails again. When he arrives home in his room, his dinner is waiting for him. And it was still hot.

Recommendations:
I would recommend this book to children who are a little wild inside. Or parents who have their own Wild Thing(s).

Potential Problems:
The monsters in this book could possibly scare a child.

My reaction:
I love this book, the illustrations are unique and fill several pages instead of the traditional one, or half page. Max is easy to relate to. I think each of us has a little Wild Thing inside of us.