11/12/10

Where the Wild Things Are


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.