Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are Review


by Maurice Sendak



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sheikstreat
Des Plaines, IL
A TIMELESS CLASSIC TO ALL CHILDREN...
5 star rating

avid reader, Picture-book connoisseur, a library-goer, character-lover, classics lover
Pros

    Builds morals

Cons
    Can be too abstract for some

NOV
10
2007

Where the Wild Things Are — 

IF YOUR CHILD LIKED "HARRY POTTER" BOOKS OR MOVIES THAN THEY WILL LOVE THIS AWESOME CLASSIC. A TYPICAL BOY TANTRUM AND MOM'S TIME OUT SENDS MAX INTO ANOTHER WORLD. WHERE HE BECOMES A MONSTER. THEN MONSTER KING.FINALLY HE REALIZES MOM'S GREAT BURDEN OF HER KINGDOM. AND HOW HE WAS HER LITTLE MONSTER WITH NO RULES. HE BECOMES LONELY. AND GOES HOME TO APPRECIATE HIS REAL LIFE. THE MOSTER GRAFFICS OF THE ARTIST ARE SCARY AND COOL TO LITTLE BOYS. AND THEY LIKE THE NO RULES BAD BOY.MY BROTHER LOVED THIS STORY. IT REALLY BUILDS IMAGINATION INTO KIDS MINDS. FOR WEEKS HE SWORE AT NIGHT HE WENT INTO HIS CLOSET TO BECOME PART OF HIS MONSTER FAMILY.HA! HA! (MOM AND I STILL GIGGLE ABOUT IT) MOM COULD NOT HAVE HIM LIVING WITH ANOTHER FAMILY EVEN AT NIGHT. SO, SHE TOOK GLITTER AND THREW IT AROUND THE ROOM MUMBLING "BIBITY BOBBITY BOO",THEN SHE TOOK OUT HER OLD FAIRY BOOK AND PUT HER HAND ON IT AND CURSED THEM ALL OUT OF HIS ROOM! IT WORKED!!!! HEE HEE...THE MONSTERS WERE GONE IN THE MORNING. HE SEEMED TO MISS THE POINT,BUT HE WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD.YEARS LATER HE GOT A MONSTER PILLOW FROM THE BOOK. AND CAME TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE MORAL OF THIS FANTASTIC STORY...

Last edited on Apr 10, 2008



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