PB #15: Where the Wild Thing Are- Caldecott

Author:  Maurice Sendak

Illustrator:  Maurice Sendak

Genre:  Juvenile Fiction

Subgenre:  Action and Adventure

Themes:  Dreams, Monsters

Primary Characters:  Max

Secondary Characters:  Monsters

Awards:  Caldecott

Date of Publication: 1991

Publishing Company:  Harper Collins

This is a wonderful children's book to show off a child's imagination.  This book is based on a child's dream world.  It is a fantastic book filled with great illustrations and wonderful story background.  Max is a boy who is full of adventure in his bones.  He is always trying to create some kind of story in his head and he is sent to his room without supper.  In this particular troubled night, a forest grows inside of his room.....where the adventure may lead, you will have to figure out.