Sendak, M. (1963).  Where the Wild Things Are. New York: HarperCollins. Where the Wild Things Are is an iconic book by Sendak who had a career in children's literature for over 50 years.  This book is about Max, a boy wearing a wolf's suit who creates havoc of all different sorts. He doesn't follow his mother's instructions and she calls him, "Wild Thing", he answers back, "I'll eat you up.". After which his mother sends him to bed without any supper.  His room gradually changes to a forest and he travels by boat for almost a year to where the wild things live.  At first, the wild things, try to scare him showing their terrible eyes and terrible claws but Max is able to tame them. He soon becomes their leader and king of the wild things.  They create chaos, howl at the moon and act like monsters.  Max says they must stop and sends them off to bed without their supper.  He smells his mother's cooking from far away and decides to return, much to the wild things dismay. When he arrives back in his room, the forest is gone and his supper awaits him...and it is still hot. Where the Wild Things Are has become not only a favorite children's book but a mentor text as well. It was written in 1963 and is at the forefront of modern children's literature.  Sendak didn't necessarily embraces being known as a children's writer, he is quoted in Time Magazine, " I don't write books for children.  I write them for myself. Children happen to like them."  Sendak wrote many classics of modern children's literature and illustrated Little Bear which is inspiration for the children's TV show of the same name. To read his interview by Time Magazine go to http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/09/from-times-archive-maurice-sendak-on-childrens-books/.