This book is a favorite. Maurice Sendak takes us back to a time when you could send your kids to bed without their supper! Imagine that!
The little boy Max then travels to the place “where the wild things are” and tames them to become their king. They wear themselves out making a “wild rumpus”, then Max returns home, missing the place where “someone loves him best of all”!
I love the beautiful turn of phrase in this book:
But the wild things cried “Oh please don’t go-
we’ll eat you up-we love you so!”
And Max said, “No!”
The pictures are amazing - monsters looking, well, just like monsters should! Max is debonair, dressed in a smart wolf suit throughout.
Kids literature doesn’t get any better than this - DSO and I will be reading it to each other long after the kids have grown out of it!
bed time story, maurice sendak, monsters
July 29th, 2007 at 7:06 am
This is one of my all time favorite books. I ride past a shop which has beautifully framed prints, and their window display is currently from “Where the Wild Things Are”. If I ever find a new house, I’m thinking of adorning my wall with Max in his suave suit!
July 29th, 2007 at 7:15 am
The prose is perfectly balanced - Max has control over the wild things, but they are still a tiny bit scary (a bit like toddlers).
July 29th, 2007 at 8:23 am
What I woudn’t give to be sent to bed, with or without my supper!