Where The Wild Things Are

Sendak, M. (1963). Where the wild things are. New York, New York: Scholastic. The wolf suit led to mischief and Max ended up being sent to his room without dinner. To escape, Max imagined himself sailing on a boat to where the wild things lived. After ruling the wild things, Max became lonely and decided to sail back home to find his dinner waiting for him still nice and warm. Sendak uses a neutral color palette across the pages to represent the environment of where the wild things live. He uses line to show the texture of Max’s bedroom, forest, ocean, and the wild things. Sendak’s book would be a good choice to use in a lesson for a small group of older reader’s who struggle with identifying theme. With the small group the overall theme of the book can be identified, then break the small groups into partners and identify the underlying themes.