Bibliography
Sendak, Maurice. 1963. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Ill. by Maurice Sendak. Scranton, PA: HarperCollins. ISBN 0064431789
Sendak, Maurice. 1963. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Ill. by Maurice Sendak. Scranton, PA: HarperCollins. ISBN 0064431789
Plot Summary
In this Caldecott Medal winner, Max, a mischevious boy playing in his wolf suit, gets sent to bed without his supper for talking rudely to his mother. While in his room trees start to grow and a jungle is formed. He travels across the ocean and arrives at the land of the wild things, where he is quickly appointed king of where the wild things are. After a while he gets lonely and decides it time to come home. When he gets back to his room he discovers that supper is there waiting for him, and it’s still warm.
In this Caldecott Medal winner, Max, a mischevious boy playing in his wolf suit, gets sent to bed without his supper for talking rudely to his mother. While in his room trees start to grow and a jungle is formed. He travels across the ocean and arrives at the land of the wild things, where he is quickly appointed king of where the wild things are. After a while he gets lonely and decides it time to come home. When he gets back to his room he discovers that supper is there waiting for him, and it’s still warm.
Critical Analysis
Sendak writes about a boy who is upset about being sent to his room “without his supper.” Children will relate to Max as he “travels” away from his house when he gets into trouble.
The whimsical illustrations in this book will make children want to read this book over and over. While he makes the “Wild Things” look like monsters, they are not too scary for young children. Sendak does a great job showing how Max’s feelings change throughout the book. Children will be able to identify with Max when he is mad and is sent to his room, happy when he is having fun during the “wild rumpus,” and lonely when he remembers he’s away from his family.
Sendak writes about a boy who is upset about being sent to his room “without his supper.” Children will relate to Max as he “travels” away from his house when he gets into trouble.
The whimsical illustrations in this book will make children want to read this book over and over. While he makes the “Wild Things” look like monsters, they are not too scary for young children. Sendak does a great job showing how Max’s feelings change throughout the book. Children will be able to identify with Max when he is mad and is sent to his room, happy when he is having fun during the “wild rumpus,” and lonely when he remembers he’s away from his family.
Review Excerpts
Winner of the Caldecott Medal
Winner of the Caldecott Medal
Starred review in BOOKLIST: “This simply written but subtle book became a classic not only because it legitimized children's angry feelings and their ability to use their imaginations to deal with those feelings but also because it showed punishment and love coexisting in a parent-child relationship.”
Connections
*Parents can talk with children about how they feel when they get in trouble.
*Teachers can read this book with their students and have them draw their own “wild things.”
*Parents can talk with children about how they feel when they get in trouble.
*Teachers can read this book with their students and have them draw their own “wild things.”
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