Author- Maurice Sendk
Title- When I grow up I want to be Me
Illustrator- Maurice Sendak
Year-1963
Genre- Caldecott
Format- Softcover
Publisher- Harper Collins Publishers
Reading Level- Elementary-assisted
Interest Level- Elementary
Topics- Caldecott, monsters
Summary- This book that all kids will like. Max, a wild and naughty boy, is sent to bed without his supper by his exhausted mother. In his room, he imagines sailing far away to a land of Wild Things. Instead of eating him, the Wild Things make Max their king. This book is about his adventures with the wild things.
Extension Activity- For an extension activity you could have the students make masks out of paper plates. They could color them and use string for hair.
