Bibliographic Information: Sendak, M. (1963). Where The Wild Things Are. Harper & Row Publishers.
Brief Annotation: Max is a young boy who, as his mother calls him, is a wild thing. This is in large part due to the trickeries and crazy things he does. Due to his tormenting, his mother sends him to bed without dinner. That’s when his room begins to change into a different world, where he is the king of five huge real life wild things. The more time he spends with his new friends who call him king, the more homesick he becomes, as he can smell food from his world. What is a king to do in such a predicament?
Genre: Picture book, Fiction; 1964 Caldecott Medal Winner
Grade Level:k-4
Readers who will like this: Children with a wild imagination; Children who like goofing off and pretending; Children who have been sent to bed without dinner before
Response/Rating: 3; this book is very well written. It is short and simple but yet holds an underlining humor in its words. The illustrations look to be very time consuming and make the story have a ‘dark’ feeling, in a good way! They defiantly add to the book and give it a whole new meaning!
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Do you know where the wild things live?
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