Where The Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (ISBN 0-06-025492-0) is an illustrated children's book describing through fantasy how a young boy named Max, who wears a distinctive wolf suit, handles his anger at being sent to his room without supper.

Video and Music

• The animated version contains narration by Peter Schickele, who also composed the music.
• The story also formed the basis of a children's opera by British composer Oliver Knussen. The first (incomplete) performance was in Brussels in 1980, with the first complete performance of the final version given by the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in London in 1984. This was followed the next year by its first U.S. performance in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
• In 1997, composer Randall Woolf and Maurice Sendak created a ballet version for the American Repertory Ballet, which subsequently toured the United States. Woolf's version employs electric guitar, digital audio processing, and drumset. A recording is available on CRI records.
• The song Where The Wild Things Are by Metallica is based on the book.
• A live-action movie version is currently in pre-production, with Spike Jonze to direct.