Where the Wild Things Are
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 in Books Things, Wild
- ISBN13: 9780060254926
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Groundbreaking New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product DescriptionIn the forty years since Max first cried “Let the wild rumpus start,” Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children’s books of all time. Now, in celebration of. . . More >>
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:38 am
hoping the movie is better.
reckon the book was written for someone MUCH younger.
having had the most perilous job in the world for 30 years, the book was a SMALL slow.
if I meet an fascinating young boy, I will give him the book.
the thought from [in] the book is mind opening.
for a kid anyway.
having been shot 12 times, my mind was already opened too far.
Rating: 1 / 5
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:24 am
Terrible role model and scary pictures. I should have read the negative reviews before buying this. I’m going to throw it out after one read.
Rating: 1 / 5
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 am
I don’t know how this book is on the best seller’s list. The illustrations are scary for young children. The educational value of this book is very negative. Instead of teaching of self discipline and respect for authority, this book promotes disobedience and violence. I know, for years, it has received glowing reviews. I disagree with all of them. This book entered the trash can the day it entered our home.
Rating: 1 / 5
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 am
we are huge book readers in our family and we find this book to be painfully poorly written- the illustrations are gorgeous, but, in our opinion mr. sendak should have handed over the tale writing to someone else- the tale is so bland and has no direction it seems- it was nearly as if he drew the pictures first and then tried to make a tale of them afterwards- in fact, i am certain this is what he did- there is no tale really, it makes small sense- i reckon he drew each picture separately and then tried to come up with a few sentences that made sense for that particular drawing and because of this, the tale doesn’t flow- and he keeps repeating (quite annoyingly) that “the monsters rolled their terrrible eyes and showed their terrible teeth” because i reckon he couldn’t reckon of anything else to say!- look, we like a variety of book styles and subjects but this one rarely gets picked off the shelf as our kids (and we) are not at all interested in it- it’s one thing to have fantastic pictures but if the tale isn’t there, the kids won’t want to read it- this could have been a fabulous book because the illustrations are fantastic, but unfortunately, he chose to write the tale too- liken it to fantastic actors being in a lousy movie-
Rating: 1 / 5
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:35 am
I cannot believe this book is a best seller. Max, the protagonist, is a wild, rude, annoying, small snot-nosed monster. The last thing I want is for my child to model her behavior after him! My daughter received this as a gift and it is now in the trash because I could not bring myself to give it away to another child.
Rating: 1 / 5