Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

Rating: ***** (5 stars)

Book Length: 37 pages

Genre: Fantasy, Children, Picture Book

Where the Wild Things Are is a picture book about a boy who got a bit too worked up in the evening. When he threatened to eat up his mother he was sent to bed without supper. There he dreamed up a world full of Wild Things just like himself. He was the wildest of them all and was crowned King of all Wild Things. Until he missed his family and his stomach rumbled and he gave up being a Wild Thing to return home to his loving home.

This classic picture book has been around for over forty years and has won numerous awards because of the amazing writing, brilliant pictures, and classic tale. The book has two stories. The first is about a boy who travels to a amagical land to become Kind of the Wild Things. The second story is about a boy who gets in trouble for being too active, goes to his room upset, and uses his imagination to calm himself down.