Where the Wild Things Are
[40th Anniversary]

First Line:

The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him "WILD THING!" and Max said "I'LL EAT YOU UP!" so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

Description:

A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

Selected Reviews:

"[A] most imaginative and unusual read-aloud picture book, with illustrations that are marvelously detailed....The text has a lovely lyric quality, and the psychological implications are sound but are not obtrusive in the story--rather, they give it body."

--Zena Sutherland, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books