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Image MY FAVORITES BUY THIS BOOK Age Range 4 - 8 Genre fiction Copyright Year 1964-01-01 Page Count 48 Publisher HarperCollins Grade Level Pre-K - 3rd ISBN 9780064431781 Lexile 740 Themes rebellion growing up Where the Wild Things Are Written and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Max is a "wild thing," and after a fight with his mother, he leaves home and travels a long distance to live with his own kind. But he soon learns that being king in a faraway place isn't nearly as much fun as being home, where he was loved and cared for.

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Where the Wild Things Are: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading.

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Where the Wild Things Are: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

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Where the Wild Things Are: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book.

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Where the Wild Things Are: Criss Cross

After reading Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak use this printable and interactive Criss...

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Where the Wild Things Are: Word Search

After reading Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak use this printable and interactive Word...

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Where the Wild Things Are: Activity Kit

Get WILD! with activities inspired by Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.

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Where the Wild Things Are: Coloring Activity

This printable activity for Where the Wild Things Are asks children to imagine what their crown...

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Where the Wild Things Are: Read Aloud Video

Watch and listen to Mr. Zetterberg narrate this classic children's story by Maurice Sendak.

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Where the Wild Things Are: Read Aloud with Isaac Mizrahi

Isaac Mizrahi reads aloud Maurice Sendak's classic WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE on this episode of Read...

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