Title: Where The Wild Things Are (Caldecott Award Winner)
Author: Maurice Sendak
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper and Row
Year Published: 1963
Format: Hard Cover or Paperback
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Assisted Reader
Reading Interest Level: Pre-School-Elementary School
Topics: Obedience, Imagination, and Friendship
Summary: The book begins with the little boy disobeying his mother which then results in him being sent to his room; the little boy’s imagination then begins to run wild bringing him to an unknown place filled with scary monsters that he soon finds to be his friends. They go on various adventures together and travel through this mysterious place until the voice the boy’s brother bringing him dinner slowly brings him back to reality.
Extension Activity: Since this book deals with imagination, I would have the kids work together in small groups and write a short skit; the skit can be done using puppets or just themselves as the actors. The skit would include the kids in their magical lands and what adventures they would go on. They can pretend to be monsters or simply themselves in a new land.
