Using children's books in high school classrooms...

... to explore themes.

... to consider audience.

... for creative writing.

... for language acquisition.

Inspiration from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are as a mentor text.

Suggestions for Use: After reading the brief, but creatively illustrated book have students watch the 2009 cinema adaptation to explore the director's and writers' development of the story into a full-length feature film. Students could create an alternative text (story, graphic novel, film, website, etc.) for the book or another book using the film as a model.

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