Where The Wild Factors Are - Maurice Sendak - Audio Book CD
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About Where The Wild Factors Are
Originally published in 1963, Where the Wild Factors Are has become a much-loved favourite children's best-seller, and an recognized classic of 20th century children's pic books. The book informs the story of Max, who 1 night plays about his house, "creating mischief" in a wolf costume (chasing the dog with a fork, etc.). As punishment, his mom sends him to bed without supper. In his space, a mysterious, wild woodland grows from his imagination, and Max journeys to the land of the Wild Factors. These are generally fearsome-looking monsters, but Max conquers them with a scary look and he is produced the King of the Wild Factors. But, he shortly finds himself lonely and homesick, and he returns house to his bedroom. He finds his supper waiting for him ... "And it was nevertheless hot."
Maurice Sendak said: "Max, the hero of my book, discharges his rage against his mom, and returns to the real globe sleepy, hungry, and at peace with himself... from their earliest years kids reside on familiar terms with disrupting thoughts, worry and anxiousness are an intrinsic piece of their everyday lives, they continually deal with frustration as ideal they will. And it is very through fantasy that kids achieve catharsis. It is the greatest signifies they have for taming Wild Things"
Where the Wild Factors Are is regarded as President Obama's favourite books. He read it at the White Home 2009 Easter Egg Roll
Awards for Where the Wild Factors Are
- Library of Congress Children's Books
- Caldecott Medal
- Reading Rainbow Book
- New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing"
- ALA Notable Children's Book
- Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
About Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. He started by illustrating additional authors' books for kids, but the initial book that he both wrote and illustrated was Kenny's Window, published in 1956. Since then he has illustrated over 80 books, and has won countless awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where The Wild Things Are. In 1970 he was the initially American to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal. In 1978 the University of Boston prepared him Doctor of Humane Letters and in 1983 he won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for a 'substantial and durable contribution to literature for youngsters over a period of years'.
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