Where the Wild Things Are, 25th Anniversary
Binding : Hardcover
ProductGroup : Book
Manufacturer : HarperCollins Publishers
Label : HarperCollins Publishers
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Studio : HarperCollins Publishers
Lowest Used Price: USD $9.85
In the forty years since Max first cried "Let the wild rumpus start," Maurice Sendak's classic picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children's books of all time. Now, in celebration of this special anniversary, introduce a new generation to Max's imaginative journey to where the wild things are.
Winner, 1964 Caldecott Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)
1981 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Illustration
1963, 1982 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1963, 1982 (NYT)
A Reading Rainbow Selection
1964 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)
1981 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1988 (NY Public Library)
Amazon.com Review
Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child's imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf suit, and it manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home.
Where the WIld Things Are (2009-06-29)
I have adored this story since I read it to my daughter many years ago and I try to pass that joy on to my friends when they have babies.
I Still Love This Book! (2009-06-25)
I've been in love with this book ever since I was a little kid, and still have my old, worn copy! (Maybe I should get a new one?) I always identified with Max, since I was a mischievous and imaginative child as well. The best pages are the ones where he goes on a wild rumpus with all the Wild Things, which are some of the most lovely and amazing creatures I've ever seen! I'll be interested to see whether the movie can possibly live up to the warm fuzzies I get any time I even think of this book.
Love this book (2009-06-21)
I have always loved this book, its always been a favorite of mine, book got shipped fast and was in great condition. Will purchase from seller again.For all you where the wilds things are fans if you don't already know this book is being turned into a movie which is suppose to come out in 16 October 2009. Can't wait!
ho hum... (2009-06-13)
hoping the movie is better.
think the book was written for someone MUCH younger.
having had the most dangerous job in the world for 30 years, the book was a LITTLE slow.
if I meet an interesting young boy, I will give him the book.
the idea from [in] the book is mind opening.
for a kid anyway.
having been shot 12 times, my mind was already opened too far.
Great book (2009-06-12)
I read this book as a child and bought it for my little girl. She loves it.