Sendak, M. (1963). Where the wild things are. NY: HarperCollins.
This picture book is about a little mischievous boy named Max. He got into trouble for being rude towards his mother and was sent to his room without supper. When he got to his room it soon began to turn into a forest and he got on his private boat and sailed to where the wild things are. There the monsters declared him the king of all wild things. Not long after Max began to feel lonely and hungry and decided to come back home. When he returned supper was waiting for him, and it was still hot.
Textbook Assignment 1:
Setting:
The setting is often established more
through the visuals than through the text. Where does the story take place?
In
the picture book, "Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, the
setting is established by the illustrations. This story takes place in the wild
imagination of Max. As the story progresses his imagination keeps getting
wilder and his room becomes a different world. At the end when Max is hungry
and tired he decides it is time to come back to his real world.
This book received the Caldecott Medal and here is the link
to the book trailer:
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