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Where the Wild Things Are |  | Author: Maurice Sendak
Brand: HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  454 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Format: Deluxe Edition
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 25th Anniversary
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 9.1 x 0.5
MPN: HC-0060254920
ISBN: 0060254920
EAN: 9780060254926
ASIN: 0060254920
Publication Date: November 9, 1988
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Product Description
In the forty years since Max first cried "Let the wild rumpus start," Maurice Sendak's classic picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children's books of all time. Now, in celebration of this special anniversary, introduce a new generation to Max's imaginative journey to where the wild things are.
Amazon.com Review
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 (perhaps his finest) 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.
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 Poetic, takes you to a different world! November 25, 2009
Green Ibis (Pune, India)
Maurice Sendak's wonderful art is the first thing that hits you about this book. The story is simple - a boy does naughty things, is sent off to bed without dinner. He goes (in his mind) to a fantasy land where the wild things are... but hunger makes him return to his room - to find a hot dinner waiting for him there. Mommy did not have the heart to *really* send him to bed without dinner after all!
The text lends itself to a nice rhythmic reading, there's lots of drama in it with monsters and partying. Yet the little boy in the middle of his wild freedom, wants parental comfort:
"And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all."
To give an idea of the poetic nature of the story, here's a snippet, where Max travels back from the place where the wild things are:
"... sailed back over a year
and in and out of weeks
and through a day..."
I love the way reality and fantasy are spun together in this story. My kids, 5.5 yrs and 3.5 yrs, love the book as well.
 I don't get the hype November 24, 2009
Jason Hasty
I thought this book was going to go a lot deeper than it actually did. As I was reading it, I couldn't believe a movie was made based on this particular book. I don't see any redeeming values in the boy. He's just a boy that really doesn't learn or change his ways. I want children's books to have a moral, to teach my child about the good things in the world. This book falls flat in doing that.
Where the Wild Things Are November 22, 2009
CherryPie811 (anywhere the Army takes us)
I bought this book for my 3 year old son, and he loved it from the first time we read it together! It is an easy read with great illustrations and it also helps me teach him about the power of imagination. I highly recommend this award-winning book for children and adults!
Good Price & Condition November 21, 2009
ER
I am well pleased with getting a brand new edition for a reasonable price.
Recommend it.
Where The Wild Things Are November 19, 2009
Dan Ferrara (Minneapolis, MN USA)
I received This new book in perfect condition and in a timely manner.
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