Sendak, M. (1963). Where the wild things are. New York, NY. Harper Collins Publishers.
Max liked to wear his wolf suit and get into all kinds of trouble even talking back to his mother, and so he is sent to his room without dinner one night. A forest starts to grow in his room, then an ocean appears and Max takes a boat to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things, then plays with him, and he even becomes their king. He sails back to his bedroom where he finds his dinner waiting for him. In this Caldecott Award winning book a child's imagination runs wild. It is a story that has lasted the test of time because of its meaning to children and adults who reflect on their own childhood. What makes a childhood so special is the freedom of imagination and the ability to be "wild" and still know that you will be loved. It is a story about the brief period of time known as childhood where for many of us, our imaginations are not bogged down by the reality of the world. For this simple but deep theme, this book is and will always remain a children's classic.
A Read Aloud of the book can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJn3567UMo
Max liked to wear his wolf suit and get into all kinds of trouble even talking back to his mother, and so he is sent to his room without dinner one night. A forest starts to grow in his room, then an ocean appears and Max takes a boat to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things, then plays with him, and he even becomes their king. He sails back to his bedroom where he finds his dinner waiting for him. In this Caldecott Award winning book a child's imagination runs wild. It is a story that has lasted the test of time because of its meaning to children and adults who reflect on their own childhood. What makes a childhood so special is the freedom of imagination and the ability to be "wild" and still know that you will be loved. It is a story about the brief period of time known as childhood where for many of us, our imaginations are not bogged down by the reality of the world. For this simple but deep theme, this book is and will always remain a children's classic.
A Read Aloud of the book can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJn3567UMo
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