Author: Maurice Sendak
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: 1963, 1991 Harper Collins Publisher
Genre: Challenge, picture fiction **Caldecott Award**
Age Range: K-2
Summary: Max always seemed to be in a lot of mischief and was forced to go to his room without supper because of it. That night his room became a forest with real vines and trees. He was provided a private boat and sailed for almost a year to find where the wild things are. As he arrived, he saw the wild things and they were roaring, gritting their teeth, and showing their claws to show they were wild. Max forced them to be still and became the most wild thing of all. All of the other wild things allowed him to be the king of all wild things. They played till they were tired, bored, and hungry. Max left the wild things and sailed back for over a year till he was back in his room with supper waiting for him.
Response: I love this book and always have since I was little. I think this book still entertains children today, even though it is considered to be a challenge book. The book made me feel young again and I enjoyed every minute of it. This book provides children with imaginary lives and experiences they should have in their minds as a young child. For example, I used to imagine there being monsters and we would hide in the tree house and fight them off. If I can use this book in my classroom, I will definitely use it and present my class with my own experiences reading the book. I would use this on days where my students are doing writing and use their creative ideas to complete their writing.
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