Maurice Sendak

alternative places or it can fill you with information. Reading is important since text surrounds the world. When I was a little girl I treasured reading. One of my favorite books to read over and over again was Where the Wild Things Are written by Maurice Sendak. As I got older I lost interest in reading for

childhood through varied experiences and often through a spiritual crisis into maturity, which usually involves recognition of one’s identity and role in the world” (M.H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms). Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are use this literary device through their main characters, Alice, and Max, as they grow either physically or mentally throughout their journeys. Alice and Max experience change that modifies their perspectives of the

Good evening. Some of you out there may not realize this but those of you who attended Suntime Middle School have been with this guy for the last seven years. I would like to ask you all, not just Suntime Middle School grads and who all else, to join me in thanking Mr. Weather for his patience and dedication to the success of our education over the years. We are the Class of 2000. The first graduating class of the new millennium. The past four years have been pretty wild. We started out as a bunch

The Grimm Brothers Any good fairy tale may captivate a child’s (or adult’s) mind, but few could argue that, to be truly enchanting, a tale needs great illustrations. Two of the most influential fairy tale tellers in history were the German Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. Both very intelligent scholars, they knew how to spin a tale in the most effective way possible. However, they had plenty of work just dealing with the tales’ text, so in the area of illustration, they let their younger brother

this way invites the reader to attend to both in order to make sense of the story. Revisiting and old picture book is like revisiting an old friend. An example of a book where the illustrations are highlighted is Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. The story begins with a boy

     Not all children may know his real name, but they do know what they like. And what they like is the author Theodor Geisel, or better known as the beloved Dr. Seuss. During the years of my early childhood I fondly remember my parents reading me the whimsical words of Dr. Seuss. His books were filled with imagination and humor which made them very enjoyable for me to listen to. As I got older I started to read Dr. Seuss books all by myself. All of his books are constructed

The article Teaching Young Children Self-Regulation through Children’s Books by Patricia Cooper observes that reading certain books can have an impact, positive or negative, on children’s psychosocial development. The article argues that teachers need to understand how certain pieces of literature affects a child’s psychosocial development and how teachers should go about choosing books that most positively affect psychosocial development. According to Cooper (2007), the article uses a combination

There & Back Again: Analysing The Journey in Children’s Fantasy Fiction in regards to the Escapism Debate So many children’s fantasy fiction stories began as larks, extempore creations for their delight, and were written down and published by chance – Lewis Carroll invented Alice In Wonderland (1865) simply to amuse Alice Liddell while boating one ‘golden afternoon’, while Neil Gaiman originally started writing Coraline (2002) for his daughter Holly because she liked scary stories. So much so, that

Before buying a book, the first thing I do is browse through the book and see if it has pictures. The notion that books without pictures are too serious, boring and lack interest is skeptical to many. The cliché “Too long didn’t read” comes up in the fact that if a reader sees a thirty-page essay without pictures to help guide them, then the reader skims through the reading or reads the first and last paragraphs. Many people believe that a book with no words feels empty while a book with no pictures

Title Where the Wild Things Are Author Maurice Sendak What it’s all about? A young boy who dreams of a land of Wild Things away from his problems at home. Why it was chosen? It is a quality picture book because it is a Caldecott Medal winner. Title Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed…and Revealed Author David Schwartz What it’s all about? Pictures of creatures that are camouflaged with poems that offer clues to find out the animals identity. Why it was chosen? It was chosen due