Where the Wild Things Are is number one on BBC Culture's poll of the greatest children's books. Imogen Carter explores its appeal. Accepting the coveted Caldecott medal in 1964, an annual award ...

By this point, Sendak was already a celebrated children's author, thanks to 1963's Where the Wild Things Are (which became ... Medal-winning children's book, Hey Al. Yorinks remembers their ...

To mark the book's 50th anniversary on Saturday, bookstores are throwing parties welcoming "Wild Things-themed attire." Publisher HarperCollins has issued an anniversary edition restoring the ...

In Maurice Sendak's 1963 children’s book, Max, a little boy in a wolf costume, is sent to bed without supper. So he sails on a boat to a faraway land where he tames the Wild Things, becomes ...

Spike Jonze's film of Wild Things expands on the sullen brattiness of 9-year-old Max, who's introduced throwing tantrums left and right. Now sure, those qualities are present in the book.

Mary Alice Garber, the children’s books buyer at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., says, “‘Where the Wild Things Are’ continues to be a ‘must have’ classic for children.