Where The Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are is written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

Picture Book

1st - 3rd Grade

5 out of 5 

Where The Wild Things Are is about a little boy, Max, who was misbehaving and was sent to bed without dinner. In his room that night he went an imaginary land. Once he had his fun there he decided he missed his mom and returned home.

This book is one of my favorite books and was one of my favorite books as a child. I love it because I think myself and every kid can relate to misbehaving, getting in trouble, and going to an imaginary land where you can do whatever you want. This book won the Caldecott Medal and I can completely see why. My favorite part about the book is the illustrations. They are extremely detailed. I also love the illustrations because of the imagination of the wild things he meets in the imaginary land. They look like they are a mix of many different animals and creatures. I also like the plot because when reading it I still use my imagination to see this land he goes to. There is a movie based off this book and it is also really great; it makes me look at the book in a different light because of the larger plot.

I think that this book could be used in a classroom as a mini lesson prior to reading or writing time. This book will get kids to target their imagination. You could have students write about an imagination they may already have and go to or they could make up an imaginary land to write about. You could also have them draw and write about their own "wild thing". You could then have kids interact and play acting like their characters.