Of course, Max didn't actually sail off into the night ... Perhaps this is what Sendak also offers his readers: more than just a book, Wild Things is a portal to the feelings and desires of ...

Anita Silvey, author of the 100 Best Books for Children, says Wild Things (for ages 2 to 5 ... it tells the story of Max, the banished boy who wills his bedroom into a forest filled with monsters.

The Wild Things entrust Max with the task of “keeping out the ... and endearingly humorous beasts from the mute monsters of Sendak’s book. A compelling combination of animatronics and CGI ...

In Maurice Sendak's 1963 children’s book, Max, a little boy in a wolf costume, is sent to bed without supper. So he sails on a boat to a faraway land where he tames the Wild Things, becomes ...

Now, other than the look of the Wild Things, the movie doesn't resemble the book very much. But that doesn't bother our critic, Bob Mondello, one bit. BOB MONDELLO: Max, played by a wide-eyed ...

die-cut blistered cardback that feels like it leapt right out of the pages of the book. Max is the king of all Wild Things—or at least he acts like it! Dressed in his iconic white wolf suit and ...

Spike Jonze's film of Wild Things expands on the sullen brattiness of 9-year-old Max, who's introduced throwing tantrums left and right. Now sure, those qualities are present in the book.

Sendak’s original book caused a stir when it came ... It’s a real movie.” "Where the Wild Things Are" stars newcomer Max Records as the 9-year-old son of a single mom who throws a raucous ...

Let the wild rumpus start! Of course, it's not quite the wild rumpus that generations have shared, thanks to Maurice Sendak's imperishable 1963 kid-lit classic, "Where the Wild Things Are.

One of the most beloved illustrated children’s books of all time ... description for the new Where the Wild Things Are action figures here: Max and his monstrous friends—Carol, Bull, and ...

As in the book, Max’s immediate command is ... By the time everyone calms down, however, it dawns that these big wild things are just like people — in fact, rather too much so.