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Where the Wild Things Are |  | Author: Maurice Sendak
Brand: HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
List Price: $17.95
Buy Used: $4.82
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Rating:  490 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 40 Anv
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 10.4 x 0.4
MPN: HC-0060254920
ISBN: 0060254920
EAN: 9780060254926
Publication Date: November 9, 1988
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Product Description
Beautiful, award winning, hardcover book, " Where the Wild Things Are" is a classic childrens' book that ever child should have in their collection of books at home! This book is filled with fantasy to encourage children to dream and pretend in their own world.
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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 The movie does not even come close July 4, 2010
Gary Powell (Hawaii)
Ho sad that this classic combination of words and illustrations has fallen flat on the silver screen. Like most adaptations, Maurice Sendak's remarkable literary achievement is best suited to the vivid world of our own imagination rather than the feeble Hollywooding of yet another great work.
"Where the Wild Things Are" is a romp through a wonderland, a run through a scary forest and a complete captivation of the mind and all it can conjure. Whether this book is read aloud (and that should always be the first introduction) or re-read by the young person (or later "young" person)the world of unknown is brought to life in these pages. We find monsters of all kinds of shapes and sizes and colors. Some of them are new and some seem to be from the hidden places in our own minds. All of them, we discover, may not be as terrible as first imagined.
Grab a copy of this book. It is far too good to be borrowed. Like all good books, it must be owned and treasured.
Son's favorite "fond memories of childhood" book June 21, 2010
D. Dover (GREENSBURG, IN, US)
"Where the Wild Things Are" is a book I read to my now-39 year old son, Kyle, when he was a child. He still remembers this as his favorite childhood book. We were delighted to see on Amazon that it is still in print. I ordered the book to give to his son, Ezra, so his Dad can continue the family tradition.
Where the Wild Things Are June 4, 2010
A. C. Schumacher
I loved this book way before I was able to read it myself. My mom tells everyone the story of how I memorized the book before I knew how to read and used to sit and "read" the book to her. I still love the book and enjoy the unique illustrations.
Amazing Book June 4, 2010
Shirley Murillo Romero (MIAMI, FL, USA)
A book you can read and watch and never get tired of. Must look for the Gene Deitch animated version.
Where the Wild Things Are May 27, 2010
Angelyn Lane (NORTHVILLE, MI, US)
This is a classic that I think any child would enjoy. I buy it for my grandchildren.
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