Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
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Where the Wild Things Are

Author: Maurice Sendak

Narrator: Peter Schickele

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weston Woods

Published: 01/01/1987

Synopsis

This iconic story has inspired a movie, an opera, and the imagination of generations."When Max dresses in his wolf suit and causes havoc in the house, his mother sends him to bed. From there, Max sets sail to an island inhabited by the Wild Things, who name him king and share a wild rumpus with him. But then from far away across the world, Max smells good things to eat...Mary Pols of Time magazine wrote that ""what makes Sendak's classic so compelling is its grounding effect: Max has a tantrum and in a flight of fancy visits his wild side, but he is pulled back by a belief in parental love to a supper 'still hot."" Generations have shared this beautiful story, and children of all ages will want to return to it again and again."""

About Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak’s books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003 Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children’s literature established by the Swedish government.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nathan on November 03, 2007

I have no doubt that this book damaged me, psychologically, as a small child. It is one of the earliest books I vividly remember reading aloud to myself, and I remember the first time my mother read it to me before she put me to bed. Here's the gist of the plot: A little boy named Max dresses up in......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on August 16, 2024

Written in 1963, this classic children’s story stands the test of time. Max is a young boy who is sent to his room without supper. He uses his imagination to create a magical land filled with wild things. Will Max stay in the land of the wild things? The audiobook on this is very entertaining, and it......more

Goodreads review by Angie on October 01, 2009

"Mom. Mom. Mo-om. Mom. MOM!" My mom whips around. "WHAT??!" "CanIgetabook?" "What?" "Can... I... get... a... book...?" "How much is it?" "$8.50." "What is it?" I brandish a copy of Where The Wild Things Are from behind my back. "Don't you already have that?" "Nuh-uh." "Aren't you a little... old for a book lik......more

Goodreads review by Tim on March 20, 2023

Wife and I read this to our daughter. Our daughter read it to our granddaughter. Our granddaughter will most likely read it to our great granddaughter, unless by some quirk of fate, she has a son.......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on October 05, 2018

I didn't realize this was The Odyssey for so long. It seems so obvious now! It's the Cyclops part. Polyphemus. Which makes Max's mom a stand-in for Penelope, keeping his dinner hot for him as he sails "in and out of weeks and almost over a year," and that's a little weird but there's always something......more

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