In 1964, it won the Caldecott Medal, an annual prize awarded “to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.” As of 2009, the book had more than 19 million copies in print around the world. Over the years, the story became known as groundbreaking, and children and adults alike were captivated by the story. Some critics argued it would traumatize children others commended Sendak for addressing the subject head-on and for celebrating children's imagination. When it was initially released, it was met with mixed reviews for its honest portrayal of child anger. He recalls in one interview how angry he was at his father for not coming to his bar mitzvah when, unbeknownst to him, his father had just learned that all of his family back in Poland were killed the Holocaust.Where the Wild Things Are is a children's book published in 1963 and written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Sendak credits his successful career with his dark, unhappy childhood. On visits to these relatives as a child, Sendak would retreat into his drawings to get away from the "crazy faces and wild eyes" of the desperate, uneducated immigrants. "Wild Things" comes from a Yiddish term used to describe ornery children: "vilde chaya," or "wild animals." Sendak used caricatures of his relatives, poor Jewish-Polish immigrants, as the faces of the Wild Things. Sendak's Jewish-Polish background shaped many aspects of the book. His editor suggested the "Wild Things" of the current version. Earlier drafts of Where the Wild Things Are saw Max escaping to a land of wild horses, but Sendak found that drawing horses was too difficult. Originally an illustrator, Sendak began writing and illustrating his own books in the 1950s.
Together, they howl at the moon, hang from trees, and Max catches a ride on one Wild Thing's back. The Things make him the "King of all Wild Things. He uses a "magic trick" where he stares directly into their eyes, quickly gaining control of them. There, the monster-like Things gnash their teeth and roll their eyes in an attempt to scare Max, but Max isn't afraid. He sails in and out of weeks and for a year, and then arrives at the land where the Wild Things live. Max goes into the woods and finds an ocean where he boards his private sailboat. At first, just a few trees appear, but soon, his whole room is a forest.
In Max's bedroom, a forest begins to grow.
As a result, his mom tells him he is a "wild thing," and Max replies that he will eat her up. At the beginning of the story, Max is in his wolf costume hammering knotted clothes to the wall and chasing his dog with a fork. Where the Wild Things Are (1963) by Maurice Sendak is a children's picture book that follows Max, a young boy dressed in a wolf costume, as he conjures up a wild adventure in his bedroom.
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