About this title: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE was one of the first children's books to depict the sometimes subversive inner mind of a child. A seemingly straightforward tale about monsters, the story allows readers to deal with their fears of the unknown. Wearing a wolf suit and acting like a wild child, a boy named Max gets so out of control that his mother sends ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. This is a 1991 edition which is the 25th anniversary edition 1963 was the original publishing date. NO DJ General Used Condiiton. Minor Defects may Exist. Minimal Shelf wear. Text may contain minor marking or highlighting, Binding Tight. Previous owners name or bookplate may be present. Customer Service isn't just a motto for us, its a way of life. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780064431781ISBN:0064431789
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780064431781ISBN:0064431789
Description: Sendak, Maurice. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Caldecott Collection. Audience: Children/juvenile. Softcover book. Jacket is laminated color illustration. Some slight defects/one small tear on the bottom of the front cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780064431781ISBN:0064431789
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: llins Publishers Canada, Limited, Scarborough, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780064431781ISBN:0064431789
Description: Maurice Sendak. Very Good. Very good softcover, looks like new, tidy name inside cover, otherwise truly like new, not a remainder, very reliable shipper(shelf#27) read more
Description: Fair. B000UV92R6 Ex-library book with stickers and stampings. Ugly but readable. Repaired binding. Front cover creased at corners. Back cover has large chunk torn off of bottom corner by spine. Small tears on pages. Most items ship within 24 hours. -2a- read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Trophy Pr
Date Published: 1988-09-01
ISBN-13:9780064431781ISBN:0064431789
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780064431781. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780060254926ISBN:0060254920
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Description: Fine as New. No Jacket. Children's Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book looks unread and is near-flawless--has light wear to corners, barely visible. read more
"Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child & a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief & gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations, perhaps his finest, are beautiful. Each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder. The wild things--with mismatched parts & giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams & a child's imagination. This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf's suit, giggle-stiflingly funny at times, & even manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home."
"Summary: Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child & a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief & gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations, perhaps his finest, are beautiful. Each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder. The wild things--with mismatched parts & giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams & a child's imagination. This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf's suit, giggle-stiflingly funny at times, & even manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home.
Topic: Escaping reality by creating an imaginary world, but knowing that you can always go back home
Specific curricular uses: Read aloud for first grade: would be a good book to introduce to beginning readers
Social issues the book addresses: Mischievous children, consequences of disobedience and acting out, creating an imaginary world with imaginary friends as a way of escape
Specific literary elements: Max is a precocious and complex character who travels between two different settings in the book - his house (the real world) and the imaginary place where the wild things live. The unique and unforgettable portrayal of the settings by author Maurice Sendak is one of the things that makes this book most special.
Interactions and counter actions of text and images: Sendak's illustrations support the text when it is there, and in some cases, tell the story on their own. For example, there is no text to describe the "wild rumpus" that occurs, but the pictures tell us everything we need to know in order to get the right meaning from the story, and maybe even add some fantastic ideas of our own!"
"1. Summary: Little Max gets sent to his room without supper for being too wild and his bedroom becomes a forest. An ocean tumbles with a private boat for Max, so he sailed off through the night and day. It took almost a year to get where the wild things are! The wild things did not scare Max, so they made Max their king! The wild things and Max has a wild rompus, but eventually Max becomes lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all. He gave up being king of the wild thing and sailed in and out of weeks for almost a year back to his bedroom - where his supper was still hot waiting for him.
2. Reading Level: early/transitional genre is fantasy fiction topic is escaping reality to enter an imaginary world
3. Specific curricular uses: read aloud, readers theatre
4. Social issues the book addresses: acting out, imaginary friends
5. Specific literary elements the book demonstrates: relies heavily on descriptive language to move the story along, setting is in 2 main places - Max's bedroom and where the wild things are, without these the story wouldn't be the same.
6. Interactions & counteractions of the text & image: Some pages have no text at all and the illustrations become the narration. Words and illustrations are interchangeable, both do the job of narrating the events."
It's between this and "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" for my favorite children's book of all time. Every page drips with nostalgia. Reading it puts me right back to sneaking into my brother's room in the early mornings, trying not to wake him up. It was his copy of the book, and one he didn't like to share often, so gaining access to it was a precious time, and one that had to be thoroughly planned out. It was me acting out my fantasy's of being the vagrant child Max.
Of course, most of the time I would fail, stumble, wake my brother up, and he would begrudgingly read the book with me. Our home was not a place of Wild Things, so in this book we ate them up. We yearned for our own wild rumpus, but settled to go along on someone else's journey.
This book is great, and I do enjoy in itself. But I will never be able to sever my childhood memories from the pages themselves. This book is the earliest memory I have of my brother, and sparked a new level of dedication to each other that I have leaned on for support ever sense.
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