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Reading Rockets: Where the Wild Things Are Family Kit

posted by Nell Minow | 8:00am Sunday October 11, 2009

Get ready for the release of “Where the Wild Things Are” by reading the book! Reading Rockets has a great site with resources including an interview with author Maurice Sendak. Did you know he originally wrote it as a story about horses?

And here’s a short animated version of the book:



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jestrfyl

posted October 11, 2009 at 4:32 pm


LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN!!!!



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edwin sanchez

posted October 13, 2009 at 10:32 am


I grew up on this book and will be seeing it with my children in 2 weeks.



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Nell Minow

posted October 13, 2009 at 11:54 am


Thanks, Mr. Sanchez! Let me know what you and the children think of it.



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Jim

posted April 12, 2010 at 8:56 pm


My wife and I though it very inappropriate for children with a very disturbing theme and message.



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Nell Minow

posted April 12, 2010 at 9:57 pm


Thanks, Jim. In my review of the movie, I made it clear that the feature film is about childhood, not for children. This is why I posted the animated version, which is just a re-telling of the book.



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