"Where the Wild Things Are" -Maurice Sendak

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Book Title:

Where the Wild Things Are

Author/Illustrator:

Maurice Sendak

Type of Book:

Picture Book

Age Level:

4-8

My Star Rating:

***

Summary

• Max, an adventurous boy who only wanted to play in his imagination, would not cooperate with his mother’s orders. After a huge expedition to a foreign land where the “wild things” lived, he began to miss the luxuries of home, so he left his wild friends to eat the dinner his mom had left him. 

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My Thoughts

• I thought this book was great! What an exciting world of make believe. I never had read this book as a child, so when the movie came out, I was confused as to why all my friends were so eager to see it. They all had loved the book as kids, and were excited to see it retold on the big screen. I, who had never read the book, didn’t get it. However, now after reading the book, I am in awe of the marvelous movie that was created, all inspired by the fantastic book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak!

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How to Use in the Classroom

• There are many options for this book! “Where the Wild Things are”  could be a gateway book to start off a story-writing unit. It could show kids how to use their imaginations to tell their own exciting stories. This book could also be used for older grades in explaining how illustrations can fill in missing information that the text leaves out. All the while, this text could be read aloud to the older classes, followed by the PG rated movie “Where the Wild Things Are”, made 2009. 

More Resources 

1. For more info about the author click here.
2. For more info about the movie click here.