Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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Book Reviews of Where the Wild Things Are
Book Review: 35 YEARS LATER I STILL LOVE IT
Summary: 5 Stars
There's a particular sense of joy you get as a parent when you can share something with your kids that you loved as a child. Sadly so many things that we liked of popular culture of our days is no longer around to share with our kids. Our TV shows are long gone for the most part, as well as the toys we played with. But there are a few examples. For one, I love being able to sit with ky kids during the holiday season and watching things like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" It's just too bad they no longer have the Dolly Madison commercials!
Where the Wild Things Are is another thing I can share with my kids that I experienced. To think that 35 years later this wonderful book about the imagination of a child is still a top seller is amazing. Funny and imaginative with beasts that look scary but never are make this a book that transends generations. The beautiful illustrations take me back to the days when this was a regular read for me. My 13 year old loved it and my two year old now loves it as well.
Book Review: Wild things are not under the bed
Summary: 5 Stars
His mother called him "WILD THING!" Max is sent to bed without eating anything. He sails off into a far away land where is becomes the King of the wild things.
As a child, I was afraid of what could be under the bed or in the closet. My mom used to read this book to me and told me that there are no monsters under the bed or in the closet and that I have to sail to far away land to see one. As a dad, I read this book in the same message.
Some criticize this book as being too scary for little one I think it's a good way of showing that there is nothing to fear. Besides these monsters are almost adorable compared to what kids see at a shopping center
The illustrations have become such a classic that almost every kids monster characters can be trace back to this. From the opening of the page kids will feel like there is something familiar about it and be drawn in.
The story ends with Max returning to find his supper waiting for him. A nice touch to show mothers love.
Book Review: Let the Rumpus Begin!
Summary: 5 Stars
What fun! What imagination! Any child can relate to making mischief and being sent to their room. But Max doesn't let that stop him. After being sent to his room for making to much mischief, a forest grows and grows and grows until trees are all around and the vines cover his ceiling and an ocean forms. Max takes a boat that's made just for him and travels for almost a year to where the Wild Things are and is named King of all Wild Things. That's when the wild rumpus begins. But then, he wants to be somewhere where he is loved. When he smells something good to eat from far off, he gets back into his boat. But not without the Wild Things begging him to stay. Soon, Max is back in his room where his supper is waiting for him. And it's still hot! The illustrations are outstanding...not so bright as to distract from the story-line, which is short but very descriptive, yet are very imaginative helping to spark the imagination of the young reader who delves into the pages of 'Where the Wild Things Are'.Book Review: Perfect for the young imagination!
Summary: 5 Stars
My oldest son, now 15, still knows the words by heart. My four-year-old daughter is learning them. Max is the not-so-bad monster in every little one; the one who is brave and wild and tender and imaginative all at once. He is the King of all wild things--and they love him, but not quite as much as his mother (who couldn't bring herself to REALLY send him to bed without anything to eat at all). Enough with the PC rants about this book. Another reviewer said he was "snotty" and rude. Give me a break-what child isn't just a tiny bit too lippy on some days. It's life. The thing about the book is that while Max may be a little "snotty," he's imaginative, alive, and still knows that even after being punished, his mother loves him 'best of all.'
The illustrations are beautiful. The story is terrific. And I'm glad to say it was the perfect snuggle-at-bedtime book for every one of my children.
And I have the words retained in memory forever. I'll someday chant them to my grandchildren.
Book Review: A Great Classic Children's Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great classic children's book. It is a fun and imaginative story about a little boy, Max, that gets into trouble and has to got to bed without his supper. He then starts to image that his room is turning into a forest and that a boat appears. He sails off to where the wild things are and becomes their King. Despite having lots of fun with them he longs for being back home where he is loved and starts to smell good food in the distance. So he sails back toward the smell, back home and awakes to find that his mother has left his supper in his room for him. And it is still warm.
The only negatives I have are that many of the sentences ran on too long from one page to the next and that too many of the pages had no text at all. When reading this story to my 4 year old I always just make up my own text to go with the pictures only pages. But since this is an award winning book I am sure that those items are just a person taste thing with me and not a problem for most people.