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Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
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Description for Where the Wild Things Are
Hardcover. When Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief, his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without any supper. Alone in his room, Max enters a magical world and sets sail across the sea to the place where the wild things are. Num Pages: 48 pages, full-colour. BIC Classification: YBC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 261 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 466.
When Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief, his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without any supper. Alone in his room, Max enters a magical world and sets sail across the sea to the place where the wild things are. The wild things roar their terrible roars and gnash their terrible teeth and roll their terrible eyes and show their terrible claws . . .
But Max tames the wild things and is made their king.
Will he ever want to go home?
Product Details
Publisher
The Bodley Head Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1967
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780370007724
SKU
V9780370007724
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began by illustrating other authors' books for children, but the first book that he both wrote and illustrated was Kenny's Window, published in 1956. In his lifetime, he illustrated over 80 books, and received many awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he was the first American to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal. He passed away in May 2012.
Reviews for Where the Wild Things Are
Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm and the design are all wonderful.
S Magazine, Sunday Express
The greatest picture book ever written
Chris Riddell, Children's Laureate
Guardian
Gripping, ingenious and uplifting . . . a shrewd, fierce, healing book
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
A timeless masterpiece. The illustrations, the fabulous monsters, the beautiful cross-hatching, and the surreal, dreamlike narrative beckons the reader to join the adventure. The themes are perfect for inspiring discussion on confronting life's scary things, mastering your fears and being brave, letting off steam, saying goodbye, and the comfort of returning home safe and sound
Child Education
An almost-perfect picture book stuffed with mischief, magic and meaning . . . Has a haunting depth that makes bedtime reading thrilling, a little scary, but also empowering
Junior
This is my never-fail picture book. The text is very short, but utterly perfect, the illustrations are tremendous
Jacqueline Wilson The key to Sendak's success, and to the continuing hipness of his book, is that it's hero is not a good child . . . the book is, in fact, extraordinarily childcentric, a book written for and about terrible infants, the kind of terrible infants that most children really are and that all adults remain for much of the time
David Baddiel
The Times
One of the best picture books ever – so it is not at all surprising (though lucky for me) that the wild things are in a very wild wood. The story follows the pattern of the old fairytales: the young hero goes into a forest that is genuinely frightening. But thanks to his own courage and independence, he earns a kingdom and comes home to a hot supper. It is one of the few modern and original children's books.
Sara Maitland
The Guardian
S Magazine, Sunday Express
The greatest picture book ever written
Chris Riddell, Children's Laureate
Guardian
Gripping, ingenious and uplifting . . . a shrewd, fierce, healing book
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
A timeless masterpiece. The illustrations, the fabulous monsters, the beautiful cross-hatching, and the surreal, dreamlike narrative beckons the reader to join the adventure. The themes are perfect for inspiring discussion on confronting life's scary things, mastering your fears and being brave, letting off steam, saying goodbye, and the comfort of returning home safe and sound
Child Education
An almost-perfect picture book stuffed with mischief, magic and meaning . . . Has a haunting depth that makes bedtime reading thrilling, a little scary, but also empowering
Junior
This is my never-fail picture book. The text is very short, but utterly perfect, the illustrations are tremendous
Jacqueline Wilson The key to Sendak's success, and to the continuing hipness of his book, is that it's hero is not a good child . . . the book is, in fact, extraordinarily childcentric, a book written for and about terrible infants, the kind of terrible infants that most children really are and that all adults remain for much of the time
David Baddiel
The Times
One of the best picture books ever – so it is not at all surprising (though lucky for me) that the wild things are in a very wild wood. The story follows the pattern of the old fairytales: the young hero goes into a forest that is genuinely frightening. But thanks to his own courage and independence, he earns a kingdom and comes home to a hot supper. It is one of the few modern and original children's books.
Sara Maitland
The Guardian