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| Brand | HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Type | Hardcover |
| Release Date | 1988-11-09 |
| List Price | $17.95 |
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| Textbook Buyback Classics Action & Adventure Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic Hardcover Printed Books Ages 4-8 Caldecott Medal |
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- ISBN13: 9780060254926
- Condition: New
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In the forty years since Max first cried "Let the wild rumpus begin," Maurice Sendak's classic image book has become one of the much highly acclaimed and excellent-loved kids's books of all time. Now, in celebration of this exclusive anniversary, introduce a new generation to Max's imaginative journey to where the wild things are. Winner, 1964 Caldecott Medal
Notable Kids's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)
1981 Boston Globe–Horn Book Prize for Illustration
1963, 1982 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
Excellent Illustrated Kids's Books of 1963, 1982 (NYT)
A Reading Rainbow Selection
1964 Lewis Carroll Shelf Prize
Kids's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)
1981 Kids's Books (NY Public Library)
100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1988 (NY Public Library) |
| Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books this can be enjoyed equally by a kid 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 not including supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are stunning, and every turn of the page delivers the discovery of a new wonder. The wild things--together with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking not including ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the ideal touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a kid's imagination. This Sendak classic is extra fun than you've ever had in a wolf suit, and it manages to reaffirm the notion this there's no situate like home. |
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Customer Reviews |
 Imagination Gone Wild. 2010-08-28 |
| By Big Motivator |
| Where The Wild Things Are is an incredible imaginative story that is fun to read. The illustrations and cover are amazing. The story is about a boy named Max who escapes to a mysterious land full of strange creatures. This book is a classic and for good reason.... great read. |
| Wonderful book 2010-08-21 |
| By C. Moore |
| I loved reading this book to my children and purchased it for a new grandson so he could be WILD along with these characters. Great story! |
| Great Book. Great GIft 2010-08-16 |
| By GO4 Fan (Des Moines, IA) |
| I've given this wonderful book as a gift over one hundred times to co-workers and friends upon the birth of their first child -- male or female. My children love to have us read it to them and read it to each other. |
| Not a favourite for my kids 2010-08-12 |
| By M. Wilkinson |
| I purchased this book as it was considered a classic. My kids (boy/girl/3/6) , however, have never been that interested in it. They LOVE stories, but this one we ended up giving away as it was collecting dust on the shelf. |
| The movie does not even come close 2010-07-04 |
| By 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. |