Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a fantastic book that through fantasy shows the reader the importance of home. The story begins with Maz being sent to his room for behaving too wildly. Once he is in his room, through his own fantasy, he is able to experience what wild things really are. He travels to meet other wild things are becomes their king. Eventually Max sends the wild things he meets off to bed without supper, just as he had been at the beginning of the story, and he heads back home to his bedroom. When he arrives home his supper is waiting for him in his room and the last line of the story is, "...and it was still hot." This is a great story that teaches children the wonders of imagination, but brings them back to the importance of reality and family. I think this is a great book to have children reading in the classroom.
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