Title: Where the Wild Things Are
First published: 1963
Description: This is an inspired children's book about a boy's passage through tempestuous aspects of life.

Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king.
Subjects: Caldecott Medal, Dreams, Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Imagination, Juvenile fiction, Miniature books, Monsters, Specimens, Fantasty, Monstruos, Fantasía, Spanish language materials, Novela, open_syllabus_project, Kings and rulers, Conduct of life, Fairy tales, Children, Animals, Temper tantrums, Ficción juvenil, Accelerated Reader 2.9., Caldecott Medal books, Children's fiction, Monsters, fiction, Picture books, Novela juvenil, Action & Adventure, Classics, People & Places, Hispanic & Latino, Spanish language, Reading materials, French Juvenile fiction, Juvenile fiction, French, Children's stories, German language materials, collectionID:caldecott60, Behavior, Latin language materials, Dreams, fiction, Monstres, Ouvrages illustrés, Littérature de jeunesse anglaise, award:Caldecott_award, lexile:740, lexile_range:701-800, lexile_code:AD, age:min:1, age:max:5, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Islands, fiction, Animals, fiction, Behavior, fiction
People: Maurice Sendak
Time periods: childhood