Where the Wild Things Are

A timeless classic, all readers should get a chance to appreciate Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. With a well-deserved Caldecott Medal, Where the Wild Things Are bursts with wild pictures to accompany this wild adventure taken by a young boy.

A young boy named Max slips into a wolf suit and, inspired by his new persona, causes mischief everywhere. His mother calls him a 'wild thing' to which Max retorts that he is going to eat her up. His mother is hardly pleased at his reply and sends him to his room without getting any dinner.

Stubbornly, Max does not care. He stays in his room while a forest starts growing in his room. Pretty soon, the forest has gotten so vast that it becomes the place where the wild things are. Thus, such a place is perfect for Max.

While in the forest, Max runs into all sorts of strange and scary creatures. However, none of them are a match for Max. He simply tells them to 'be still' and they obey. It is deemed that Max is the wildest of them all and he is made king.

Still, Max has been in his forest for more than a year, and perhaps there is no place like home.

Highly imaginative, Sendak's story of an angry boy sent to his bedroom without supper stands the test of time. Where the Wild Things Are is truly a classic tale.