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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 colour 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's suit, giggle-stiflingly funny at times, and even manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home.
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Where the wild things are - Rated
Where the Wild Things are
I bought this classic book for my 4 year old son in readiness for the film release in Dec'09. Initially he wasn't keen due to the scarey looking monsters, but now, having read it once, it's his favorite book and he talks about it all the time. It's my son's favorite book presently.
Classic picture book not just for children. - Rated
Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are has been given an almighty boost thanks to Spike Jonze's up-coming film adaptation. I just hope that it is discovered by a whole new generation of children.
Max is a naughty boy in a wolf cotume sent to bed for misbehaving. In his room he creates a fantasy land populated by monsters where he is the king of the Wild Things. Written in a very minimalist fashion, the book gives just the bare amount of text, leaving the (it must be said) amazing illustrations along with the readers' imagination to fill in the rest.
I cannot recommend this book enough.
A Little Book With a Wild Heart - Rated
I'm 23 and I've never read the book because it hasn't been released in Bulgaria. I read it the night after I saw Spike Jonez's beautiful film and at first I was somewhat disappointed by its simplicity. Then however I read several articles and interviews and I began to understand how genius and deep this book really is.
Both the book and the movie, thought very different, are masterpieces in their own universes!
Why this book is so good - Rated
I've come across some mixed views about this book and the negative ones perhaps miss the point by focusing on only one aspect of the book. Here's 5 reasons why I think it's genius:
1) The pictures - lively, engaging and even grotesque, the pictures are attractive and yes a little scary but young readers get to play at being wild things and this helps manage and control fear. Note there's a picture on the wall of a wild thing that portends what is to come and serves as perfect dream fodder.
2) The words - short and to the point and the mixed metaphors add to the dreamy sensation. "In and out of weeks and through a day."
3) Parental involvement - you have to get involved. So, when the action starts and the words stop - if you've not put down your mobile device and started up some African drumming and Day of the Dead face-pulling with your nipper - then you're not getting involved enough!
4) All great books have a message behind the plot, even short kids books. The psychological implications are fairly obvious. It doesn't matter whether it's a dream or not but Max gets to play out his telling off (he commands the wild things to stop and sends them to bed - precisely as happened to him) and so gains some control over the strong emotions he's just experienced. You've seen your nipper tell off toys and even siblings like this...classic projection.
5) Max's dinner shows up anyway so that the normal things continued and he's still loved despite his naughty episode.
And that is why this book is genius.
Still works its magic - Rated
This book has a huge place in my heart, I can vividly remember reading it and having it read to me as a child. I bought it for my niece's third birthday and it was an instant hit with her also. She's a bit of a Wild Thing herself...
