Where The Wild Things Are

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Title: Where The Wild Things Are 
Genre: Caldecott 
Author: Maurice Sendak 
Major Awards: Caldecott Medal 
Age group: 5 - 9 years old 
Summary: 
Max, a young boy who is extremely mischievous finds himself into trouble one night and sent to bed
without dinner. As max spends his time in his room alone, he finds himself traveling into a faraway forest
where he finds a plethora of monsters. These crazy monsters make Max their king and he reigns them for
as long as he can. As his time being king goes on, Max finds out that leading the monsters is harder than
he thought and he becomes very lonely. He decides to go home and leave the monsters despite them
begging him to stay. As Max returns home he smells something delicious waiting for him at home and he
arrives to see a warm dinner waiting on him. 
I would love to use this book in my classroom! I love the way it explains a young boys imagination and
his journey. Also, I love how it ends with him missing home and going home to find that his mother
brought him dinner. It has an extremely sweet message and story line that I feel my students would love.
It also has amazing pictures that help tell the story along with the words.
I feel as if this book would be great for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. It has a very sweet
message as well as a great story of a young boy and his imagination which I feel younger students would
relate to. It also has amazing pictures that help tell the story and are very appealing which I know kids
would love. In addition, there are very minimal words making it perfect for younger students. 

If I were to use this book in my classroom I would start by reading the book out loud to my students.
Then, I would have them create their own place in which they would be the king or queen of. Next, I
would have them share their stories and why they chose what they did.

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