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Where The Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
A video adaptation of the Maurice Sendak classic.
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About Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short, an opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film adaptation and video game. According to HarperCollins, the book has sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2008.Thornton, Matthew (February 4, 2008) "Wild Things All Over". Publishers Weekly
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- Where the Wild Things Are (2008)
- In post-production is a new movie length reproduction of the story starring Catherine O'Hara and Forest Whitaker. Expected to be released October of 2008.
- Creation of Where the Wild Things Are
- Sendak created the first dummy for the book that would be WWTA in 1956, calling it Where the Wild Horses Are, but set the first version aside because he wasn't satisfied. He didn't return to it until 1963, after he had illustrated 20+ books and written several of his own...
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Plush Max
Where the Wild Things Are Max Plush, 7"
Amazon Price: $4.99 (as of 12/21/2009)
Monsters
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
Amazon Price: $7.00 (as of 12/21/2009)
Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child's imagination.
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LeapFrog LittleTouch™ LeapPad® Educational Book: Where the Wild Things Are
Amazon Price: $74.95 (as of 12/21/2009)
Read With Me System - Where The Wild Things Are
Amazon Price: $23.95 (as of 12/21/2009)
My First Uno - Where the Wild Things Are
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 12/21/2009)
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Where the Wild Things Are Max Puppet, 14"
Where the Wild Things Are Max Puppet, 14"
Amazon Price: $23.75 (as of 12/21/2009)
Disney Early Animation
Where The Wild Things Are - Early DISNEY CG Animation Test
1983 animation test by Disney, directed by John Lasseter (who went on to direct and produce most of the Pixar films, including Toy Story). Back then Disney owned the film rights to the Where The Wild Things Are books... they didn't use them, though, so they lost them. Check out this amazing test, which combined traditional hand-drawn, 2D animation with then-state-of-the-art 3D computer animation!
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- KathyMcGraw KathyMcGraw Oct 31, 2009 @ 10:18 am
- loved this book and read it to all my kids and grandkids, way before they made a movie. Nice resource for people looking for these toys and books.
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- lostinfiction lostinfiction Oct 26, 2009 @ 10:03 pm
- I still find it quite hilarious how all the monsters (lovable though they are) are based on his real-life older relatives from eastern europe. You can read more about it at this page where they talk about the very tongue-in-cheek stories his Dad would make up, involving the war back home, racy Biblical stories etc. So random, but kinda cute at the same time
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- superbookdepot superbookdepot Oct 26, 2009 @ 5:16 am
- Nice and very beautifully laid out lens. I would really appreciate it if you visit my Best Literature & Fiction Books lens and put your views there. Hope you will take out some time to rate it too.
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- jeffgoins jeffgoins Oct 19, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
- Great lens, just saw the movie. Loved it. (Of course, I've been a fan of the book for years now.)
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- worldbuilder worldbuilder Jul 27, 2009 @ 5:12 pm
- 5 stars and lensrolled to my SquidLit page. Good stuff.
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