Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Illustrator: -Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper Collins
Year: -1963
Format: Ebook
Genre: - Caldecott
Reading Level: - Beginning Reader; Ages 4-8
Interest Level: - Preschool, Primary, Elementary School
Topics: -Caldecott, Pictures, Imagination, Adventure
Summary:This is the story of Max, a little boy who takes an imaginary journey to a land of the Wild Things. As Max's imagination unfolds, his bedroom is transformed into an entirely new world. When he sails to the land of the Wild Things, they quickly make him their ruler. The Wild Things are tamed under Max's fearless leadership and enjoy a wild rumpus planned by Max. Ultimately Max leaves the land of the Wild Things, despite their loving protests, to return home where he finds his dinner waiting for him. This is one of the staple Caldecott books of all time. Children will remember this book for the rest of their lives. It is a book they will want to read over and over.
Illustrator: -Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper Collins
Year: -1963
Format: Ebook
Genre: - Caldecott
Reading Level: - Beginning Reader; Ages 4-8
Interest Level: - Preschool, Primary, Elementary School
Topics: -Caldecott, Pictures, Imagination, Adventure
Summary:This is the story of Max, a little boy who takes an imaginary journey to a land of the Wild Things. As Max's imagination unfolds, his bedroom is transformed into an entirely new world. When he sails to the land of the Wild Things, they quickly make him their ruler. The Wild Things are tamed under Max's fearless leadership and enjoy a wild rumpus planned by Max. Ultimately Max leaves the land of the Wild Things, despite their loving protests, to return home where he finds his dinner waiting for him. This is one of the staple Caldecott books of all time. Children will remember this book for the rest of their lives. It is a book they will want to read over and over.
Extension Activities:
The children can make Wild Thing Masks. All they will need is a paper plate paper, scissors, glue, crayons and whatever collage materials you can find, such as yarn and fabric scraps, buttons, cotton balls, pasta, tissue paper, wrapping paper, ribbon, etc. In advance, cut eye holes in the paper plate. Then encourage them to use the collage materials and his/her imagination to create a monster mask.
The children can make Wild Thing Masks. All they will need is a paper plate paper, scissors, glue, crayons and whatever collage materials you can find, such as yarn and fabric scraps, buttons, cotton balls, pasta, tissue paper, wrapping paper, ribbon, etc. In advance, cut eye holes in the paper plate. Then encourage them to use the collage materials and his/her imagination to create a monster mask.
