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Where the Wild Things Are

By: Maurice Sendak
Narrated by: Peter Schickele
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Publisher's summary

Max is the hero of this beloved children's classic in which he makes mischief, sails away, tames the wild things, and returns home for supper.
Click here to see other Weston Woods stories.
©1963 Maurice Sendak (P)1987 Weston Woods Studios

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Loved it since I was a kid!

I've always adored "Where The Wild Things Are." It's a truly beautiful story and it's got great morals for kids to live by. All-time favorite classic! :)

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I thought the story was good, but not great. Same with the narrator, he was okay, but not any better than me reading it to my grandchildren. I could not get the images to come up on my Icloud player on the computer, but it worked great on my I-Phone. Would really like to figure out how to get it on a larger screen. This is a great idea, I am going to be getting several more this week to test drive before the holidays, when the grandkids are here.

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one of our favorites

this is definitely one of our kids favorites! and they love the narrators voice and how he reads this one. love it

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Roaring good fun

If you could sum up Where the Wild Things Are in three words, what would they be?

Fun, imaginative, silly.

What did you like best about this story?

The story itself was fun and well written.

Which character – as performed by Peter Schickele – was your favorite?

Max.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Boy become the king of the beasts.

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The narrator did an excellent job of reading and roaring. I thought the music was a bit too loud in places and distracted from the story. I thought that this book has been one of the better children's book that I have listened to with Audible.com. The pictures were an added surprise. Good job.

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Great narration, really helps bring book to life.

I love this narration and think it is fantastic. There are music and sound effects which really add to the story. I am happy to own this.

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Fun story.

We listen in the car, the Hammock and at home. as a parent... I love when he's following along with the story. Helping teach him to read also!!!

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I love the illustrations that play with the audio!

Sometimes my kid just wants to hear someone else read, and the audiobooks have music to enhance the experience! We've been slowly going through and buying the audible books from the With Synchronized Images category and have found that some are mis-categorized and don't have images. This one DOES have the original illustrations and we just love it! This was one of my favorite books as a child and I love that I can share it with my kid!

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Favorite

Timeless classic and the best story ever
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chayton

goodnight baby book I bookmarked this shit so now we can watch it today and get chayton to go to bed

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Feed me mother!

It made me feel like I was a child again. would listen to it again.

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