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No violence
Language
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No profanity
Sexual Content
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No sexual content
Substance Use
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No substance use
Emotional Intensity
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A healthy exploration of childhood anger and the emotional return to safety and love
What this book is about
After being sent to bed without supper for making mischief, Max sails away to the land of the Wild Things, becomes their king, and leads them in a wild rumpus—before discovering that home is where someone loves him best of all. Sendak's beloved picture book, with its dreamlike quality and reassuring emotional truth, has won enduring love from generations of children and parents as a perfect portrait of childhood anger and longing.
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