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Where the Wild Things Are Book

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,… read more...

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Presents the story of Max's adventures when he sails away to the land where the wild things. This book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year, 1964.
Foyles
One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins! But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is quiet, he starts to feel lonely and realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all.
TheBookPeople
When Max dresses up in a wolf costume, he becomes a wild thing and makes mischief about the house. This leads to his exasperated mother sending him to bed without any supper. In the confines of his room, Max retreats into his imagination and sails to the land Where the Wild Things Are. Life is very exciting in the land of the Wild Things, especially if you are King. But Max is lonely and there really is no place like home Maurice Sendak's popular novel won the Caldecott Medal in 1964, and continues to be adored by children today.
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Where The Wild Things Are : Paperback : Penguin Random House Children's UK : 9780099408390 : : 11 May 2001 : Presents the story of Max's adventures when he sails away to the land where the wild things. This book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year, 1964.
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The story of Max who is so naughty when he wears his wolf suit that he's sent to bed without any supper. In the night a fantastic world of forests and seas appears in Max's bedroom and he sails away to the land where the Wild Things are and becomes their king. ; ;
RedHouse
Maurice Sendak's classic masterpiece is one of the most successful picture books of all time. This extraordinary journey is a thrilling and unforgettable adventure for children and a story that adults will enjoy reading again and again.
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Maurice Sendak, Maurice Sendak (Illus)

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