Where The Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak

This is one of these rare things, a picture book suitable for toddlers as young as 18 months, definitely 2 years old, but enjoyable to parents as well - seriously enjoyable, not just because the little one likes it. Max puts on his wolf suit, and after a little tantrum and threatening Mama with eating her up, he gets sent to bed without supper, and is called the wildest thing of all. Luckily, a wild forest grows in his room, and a boat is ready to take him to an island where the wild things are. He becomes their king and a wild rumpus ensues, but eventually even such a wild thing as Max longs to return home to safety and warmth where somebody loves him: and ...  Read the complete review

just realized that I've never written a review of any children's books here, and that's why I decided to write this little review of what is probably my favourite children's books of all time, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. To tell you the truth, I know this story by heart, partially because my kids adored hearing this story and partially because I loved reading this story to my kids. However, you should know the version I have memorised is in Hebrew and not English. Still, I have read it in English and I do think that I can easily relate to you the qualities of this book in a language you can all understand. The story is simple. Max is a young ...  Read the complete review

I can remember the first time I was ever read this story. I was in school maybe first grade not sure though. I can remember thinking that it would be so cool to be able to go Where the Wild Things Are. Now that the movie has come out I had to pull this book off the shelf and blow the dust off it. My daughter and I sat down to read it for the first time in a very long time. ****Where The Wild Things Are**** Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. This story was copyrighted in 1963 so it is definatly a story for the generations. I love that this is a story that I was read when I was a child and its a story that I have chosen to share with my ...  Read the complete review

When I was a child, I loved this book . It was one of the small selection of childrens books my gran kept at her house for when we visited, and it was read to me again and again . I adored the story - and then promptly forgot about it until recently . I saw an avatar online with a picture of a kid in a wolf outfit . It bugged me - I knew I knew it, but couldn't for the life of me remember where from. Eventually I asked the person behind the avatar, and he told me it was from the book, which prompted me to go out and buy a copy . 'Where the Wild Things are', written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, was published in 1963, and to date has sold a ...  Read the complete review

'Where the Wild Things are', written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, must be one of the most popular picture books of the last fifty years. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year in 1964, it doesn't seem dated at all forty-five years later and maintains its appeal to children of a wide age range. Max, not a big boy by any means, dresses up in his white wolf suit and gets into so much mischief that he is sent to bed with nothing to eat. First a forest grows in his bedroom, and then an ocean appears with a private boat for Max to sail in. After a year he comes to the place where the wild things are. Unabashed by ...  Read the complete review