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Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that
can be enjoyed equally by a child and 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 and gets sent to
bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room,
allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color
illustrations are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings
the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and 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 and a child's
imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf
suit, and it manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place
like home
Author: Maurice Sendak
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Age Range: 3- school age