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Keywords

bedtime, boat, disobedience, fantasy, fear, feelings, food, imagination, loneliness, monsters, nutrition, self esteem, transportation

Title

Where the wild things are

Description

Max gets sent to his room for creating mischief and talking back to his mother. He is sent there without dinner. While alone in his room, Max sets sail to an island where he tames the wild beasts and becomes king of the beasts. At the end of fun with the beasts, he sends them to bed with no supper and returns hoem where a hot meal awaits him.

Author

Sendak, Maurice

Publisher

HarperCollins

Illustrator

Sendar, Maurice

ISBN

0-06-443178-9

City of Publication

United States

Year of Publication

1988

Author of Abstract

Amy Stevens, 2006

Citation

Sendak, Maurice, “Where the wild things are,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 24, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13850.