by Maurice Sendak
Sendak, M. (1963). Where the wild things are. New York: HarperCollins.
When a young boy named Max gets a little too rowdy one night, his mother sends him to bed without dinner. While there, his dreams transform his room into a fantasy world full of wild things. They make him king and submit to his authority. Smells of yummy things to eat draw him back to reality and he awakes to a lovely surprise.
This picture book has truly stood the test of time. It won the Caldecott medal in 1964, was turned into a feature film in 2009, and was voted the top picture book by School Library Journal readers in 2012. I think one of the reasons that it has remained so popular throughout the decades is because children will always act like children and moms will always be moms. The topic is easy to identify with, and readers of all ages relate to the book based on which phase of life they are in. The most endearing part of the story to me is when Sendak writes, "And Max the king of all wild things was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all." No matter how wild we get, and how much we might want to escape our situation, deep inside we all need to be loved...and know those who love us unconditionally, like Max's mom loves him.
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Maurice Sendak's biography: https://www.biography.com/people/maurice-sendak-9478893
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When a young boy named Max gets a little too rowdy one night, his mother sends him to bed without dinner. While there, his dreams transform his room into a fantasy world full of wild things. They make him king and submit to his authority. Smells of yummy things to eat draw him back to reality and he awakes to a lovely surprise.
This picture book has truly stood the test of time. It won the Caldecott medal in 1964, was turned into a feature film in 2009, and was voted the top picture book by School Library Journal readers in 2012. I think one of the reasons that it has remained so popular throughout the decades is because children will always act like children and moms will always be moms. The topic is easy to identify with, and readers of all ages relate to the book based on which phase of life they are in. The most endearing part of the story to me is when Sendak writes, "And Max the king of all wild things was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all." No matter how wild we get, and how much we might want to escape our situation, deep inside we all need to be loved...and know those who love us unconditionally, like Max's mom loves him.
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Maurice Sendak's biography: https://www.biography.com/people/maurice-sendak-9478893
Book trailer:
Official movie trailer:
