This book was a Caldecott Medal winner in 1964. There is a reason children still love this book. I love this book. It captures emotions and imagination so well.
“Let the wild rumpus start”…best line ever. Personally, I think we all need a little more rumpus in our lives. 🙂
…and it was still hot!
After the story our Wild Things “roared their terrible roars”, “gnashed their terrible teeth”, “rolled their terrible eyes” and “showed their terrible claws”. We then had one WILD RUMPUS!
Max’s boat:
On the projector, could it be Max’s boat sailing? Can you see where the Wild Things are?
My after school classes, played with some “sailboats”, we made crowns, and had a wild rumpus once again.
We also made our own personal Wild Things. We collected items from outside and put them on Air Dry Clay.
Berto says he is the King of the Wild Things, I guess that makes Beatrix a Wild Thing.
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