These illustrations transport the reader from Max's room to the forest of the Wild Things. The reader can almost see the illustrator's hands making the lines of the hairs on Max's wolf suit and the threads of the rug. On many of the pages the illustrations are framed with white, distinctly separating them from the text. In these ways this memorable picture book beautifully meets the illustration criteria.
In this story we meet an, lets say, energetic young boy who is not too happy with being made to go to his room. Our young boy, Max, is wearing his favorite wolf suit, and it seems to cause him to act like a wild monster. In fact, his mother calls him "wild thing" in the book.
Once he is sent to his room some strange things begin to happen. The reader, and Max, are transported to another world where wild things run amuck. The reader watches as Max is crowned their king and the monsters and he have a glorious time. What will now happen to Max? Is he to forever live amongst the wild things in this seemingly enchanted forrest? Read this glorious picture book to find out!
References
Amazon: Where the wild things are. Retrieved August 29, 2015, from http://www.amazon.com/Where-Wild-Things-Maurice-Sendak/dp/0064431789/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440895279&sr=1-1&keywords=where+the+wild+things+are
Sendak, M. (1984). Where the wild things are Harper Collins.
*First reference is for the cover art.
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-Naomi Emory
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