Summary

            The summary of the children’s book by Maurice Sendak focuses on the character of a young boy named Max who causes too much trouble in his home dresses as a wolf so that his parents send him to bed without giving him supper to eat. However, his bedroom changes into an island of beasts named “Wild Things” with whom he goes on an adventure and even becomes the “King of the Wild Things”. However, when he returns back home feeling lonely, he finds a hot supper waiting for him.

Suitable for the Children:

            The above mentioned book is a book that will be suitable for children from the age of 3 to the age of 5 years old. This is because of a number of reasons. Firstly, the children are being imaginative in their nature. As a result, they will be able to listen with full concentration ton the story that will be read to them by the reader. This will help the students to imagine for themselves the colourful world with unknown animals of which they all could be a part of the mysterious island with all the mysterious beasts which live on those islands (Oittinen, 2013).

            Where the Wild Things Are is a perfect example of a children’s story book because it is being known by all that the children like mysterious as well as adventurous things. Therefore, the more adventurous a place is, the children will be more tempted to visit such a place (Sendak, 1963). Moreover, there are mysterious creatures which exist on the islands which adds as an additional source of attraction for the kids. All of these points will help to ensure that the book Where the Wild Things Are is indeed a children’s book by the author Maurice Sendak.

Reference List

Oittinen, R., 2003. Where the wild things are: Translating picture books. Meta: Journal des traducteurs/Meta: Translators’ Journal, 48(1-2), pp.128-141.

Sendak, M. and Schickele, P., 1963. Where the wild things are. Weston Woods.