Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
I was watching television the other day and I saw a preview for this movie so I had to go to the library to get this book. This is the story of Max, a little boy who uses his imagination to visit the place where the wild things are. He confronts the monsters that live there but shows no fear of them. Max ends up befriending the monsters, which is not expected when the reader first reads of his arrival to the place where the wild things are. I think that children would love fearless Max since children love heroes and Max is definitely a hero in this book.
The monsters in the book are possibly the most interesting part of the illustrations. I remember reading this book when I was younger and being terrified of the monsters. They looked so scary especially with their teeth and the mixture of different body parts that made up the monsters’ bodies. Now I can appreciate how creative the monsters are and how the author used his imagination when creating these monsters. Besides the monsters the picture of the monsters the author used pencil to draw the illustrations and the pencil strokes make the illustrations look textured. This is not a detail that children will notice but as an older reader I appreciate.