美国教育协会精选的100本最佳童书，以及BBC推荐的11本最伟大英文童书(19)

In Sendak’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book young Max, sent to bed without supper by his mother, escapes into his imagination, “where the wild things are”. “It"s a concise, eloquent, moving depiction of a child learning to master his own emotions, which is the chief task of all children everywhere,” writes Time magazine book critic Lev Grossman.
桑达克的这个绘本作品曾摘得凯迪克奖。书中，年幼的马克斯没吃晚饭就被妈妈赶去睡觉。他逃进了自己想象的世界中，也就是“野兽出没的地方”。《时代》杂志评论家利夫-格罗斯曼写道：“这本书描写了一个孩子学着控制自己的情感，这也是世界各地所有孩子的主要任务。绘本简明动人，令人感动。
“This is one of those books that has everything: beautiful, rich and surprising text, matched with beautiful, rich and surprising illustration,” says Daniel Hahn, author of the new Oxford Companion to Children"s Literature. “But more than that… it’s how the words and the pictures and the page design combine to tell a story that is both simple and full of psychological insight, wisdom and truth. As close as it’s possible to come to a perfect book.” (Credit: Harper)
新版《牛津儿童文学指南》作者丹尼尔-哈恩说：“这本书有你想要的一切：优美、丰富且令人惊讶的内容、以及相配的同等优秀的插图。不仅如此，绘本的词语和插图以及页面设计巧妙结合，讲述了一个简朴、充满对心灵的洞悉、又饱含智慧和真理的故事，几近完美。”