Where the Wild Things Are

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Summary: Read this book! - school project / Mr. Boon
Review: This is one of my all-time favorites ever! If you've never read this book then you're really missing out. It's a great "look mommy I can read" type of book. Also, it really brings out the creative side of kids.
It's about a boy named Max that puts on his wolf suit and gets into lots of mischief. His mom calls him wild and he tells her that he is going to eat her so she sends him to his room without any supper. His room then turns into a jungle and he travels months and months to where the wild things are. They all show their fangs and growl and he doesn't get scared at all. They then make him their king and they play together. Max then realizes that he'd rather be at home where he knows that the people around him love him. He goes back home and supper is waiting for him. And it's still hot.
Not only is this book interesting, but it also has a message. When things happen that you want to, they may not be what you really want. Go do something nice for yourself and read this book with your children. Or have your children read it to you. I highly recamend this book.

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Summary: This Is A Great Book! ...
Review: Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a really great book. It is winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture book of the Year. The story is about a boy named Max who puts on a wolf suit and makes lots of mischeif. He is then sent to his room without any supper. He then dreams of going to where the wild things are. Something happens there and he decides that he wants to go home to where someone loves him the best and to the things that smell good to eat. He goes back home and supper is waiting for him in his room.
This is a great book for teaching children how to put words and pictures together. Mauice Sendak did an excellent job with the pictures. This book is not only fun to read and play along with but to learn a message. That being in charge and having everyone listen to you isn't always the greatest. Also, I think that this is an excellent bedtime story. Your children will have fun listening to you read it to them, and then them reading it to you as they get older. I highly recamend that you read this book.

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Summary: Where The Wild Things Are
Review: Where The Wild Things Are is a great book for readers of every age. It's about a boy named Max who immagines he is on an island where he is King over monsters. After awhile he decides he misses his mom and he decides to go back home. I love this book and I've read it a hundred times,it just never get's old.If you have kids I'm sure they will love it too.

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Summary: Where the Wild Things Are
Review: Where the Wild Things Are was my favorite books when I was a kid and still has to be one of my all time favorite child stories. I still actually read it some times just for the fun of it. I really like the pictures in this book and I really think kids like to look at pictures. Pictures are kind of important in kids books because you can't always picture what you are reading should look like. I think this story is really great and fun to read, which makes the story more enjoyable to read. I recommend this book to all kids.

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Summary: Where The WIld Things Are
Review: This book is a very good book for young children. It shows very good examples of imagination. In this book a young boy is dressed up in a wolf costume and he tells his mother he is going to eat her up. His mom then sends him to his room without any supper. Max gets very angry and starts to imagine weird things. That night, in his room, a forest grew, and grew and grew. His bedroom wasn't there any more. He went to a land where wild things lived. He was there for more then a year; well that's how it seemed. He met many terrible creatures and they tried to scare him, but the young boy wasn't scared one bit. The young boy could control the creatures and they were afraid of him. While the boy was there he and the creatures had a party and were really crazy. Then the little boy got homesick and he wanted to go home. He decided it was time for him to go home. He hopped back onto his ship and left the island where the wild things are. When he arrived back into his room it was no longer a jungle but it was the room he had had before. The boy was extremely hungry and wanted something to eat...
I would rate this book probably a 5 because it has to do with a child's imagination and it is healthy for children to have a good one. I would suggest that you read this book it is very good. In my opinion.

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Summary: Were The Wild Things Are
Review: I enjoyed the book "Where The Wild Things Are" because it's a classic.It's about a boy named max who imagines he's on an island with a bunch of monsters and he is king.This book is good for both young and old readers alike.It teaches kids that with their imagination they can go anywhere and be anything they want to be.I would suggest reading this book yourself or to little kids.I enjoyed this book very much my self.

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Summary: ...and it was still warm.
Review: You say your child acts like a wild thing sometimes? Read this book with him, and see what happens. Max was acting quite wild one day, and got sent to bed without supper. He dreamed (or was it a dream?) that he went to the land of the wild things and became their king. He had a lot of fun there, but missed home, so he came back, and his supper was still warm (I love that line). This is the granddaddy of the modern picture book where kids aren't always good, but Mom loves them anyway. A must-have for your 4-7 year old.

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Summary: Wild About Wild
Review: Maurice Sendak is one of those great children's book creators who could write and draw. He helped me dream as a young boy, and I should pay him credit for helping me imagine things today.

When I was little, I'd stare at the page long after my mother finished reading it to me. Sendak seemed to have found my creative pulse, as he drew me in to wonder about his world of pretend monsters. The monsters are not quite so terrible, and could be considered friendly.

Max and I are both boys, and it must ordinary for we boys to get in a terrific amount of trouble in the process of playing. I related to Max. He sounded like a real boy. I was never quite sure what a rumpus was, but I knew it sounded like a lot of fun.

The pictures are cool. There is a rich, full-of-flavor tension in the art. The expressions and poses of the characters come across as genuine.

Don't be fooled by the amazing pictures. You'll enjoy the carefully laid story just as much, and your child can close his eyes and imagine his own version.

A wonderful book. A classic. If you've got kids, or if you read to your family's or neighbor's kids, this is one book which will be dog-eared from numerous reads.

I fully recommend "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak.

Anthony Trendl

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Summary: Classic story, classy art from a classy illustrator.
Review: Not much can be added to the accolades of so many people concerning the books and art of Maurice Sendak. I grew up with his work, I read his books to my children, I am reading them now to my grandchildren. ... And so will send for a hardback edition this time around. When children ask to read a book over and over again, you know that that book has found a place in their imaginations. This is one such book. When I think of a classic picture book, there are two such Maurice Sendak books that come to mind. His work is beyond mere illustration, it is an artform. The pictures require close attention to catch all the visual nuances.

Max is a typical little boy, who dons his wolf outfit and becomes a 'wolf' in his active imagination. In sending him to bed without dinner, he uses his imagination to turn his room into a wild forest inhabited by humongous monsters. He asserts his powers over the monsters, and becomes their rightful king, for he is surely a monster himself! Yet, his mother loves him in spite of his monsterism...and eventually he comes home to find that mother has relented and brought in his dinner...

This winter, get this book, this classic and sit down in a big chair with a child and read and pore over this book together. Every time a child is read to, it expands their imaginations, helps to determine their life course, aids in getting them ready for school and the 'real world'. Our children are not getting the aural and visual stimulation that is our right as chldren. My parents read to me, and I've never stopped reading because of that...in spite of captioned television and computer access. Our children have a right to be read to by someone they love and someone who loves them. Turn the television and computers off, and use a rainy evening to spend time with your own monsters. Maybe someday they will become the next Maurice Sendak!

Karen Sadler,
Science Education,
University of Pittsburgh

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Summary: A classic!
Review: My son is too young for the book, but I had to get it because my brothers loved it so much 30 years ago... and my son is named Max! Everyone I know has fond memories of this book.