Where the wild things are
Sendak, Maurice2000
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Max's night-time adventure in the land of the Wild Things is a classic of 20th century children's picture books. One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief - 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, 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. He realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all.
Main title:
Where the wild things are / story and pictures by Maurice Sendak.
Author:
Sendak, Maurice, author, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Red Fox, 2000.
Collation:
[38]p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1963; London: Bodley Head, 1967.First published 1963.
Audience:
Preschool.nrs; pyl.
ISBN:
9780099408390 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
StoriesFeelingsBehaviourFantasyMonstersImaginationAR 3.4
BRN:
358867
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