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- The Best Books for 5 Year OldsReading list
Where the Wild Things Are is a classic picture book by Maurice Sendak, and it remains one of the best books for 5 year olds. The story follows Max, a young boy who is sent to bed without dinner. In his bedroom, he imagines himself sailing to a faraway land where he becomes king of the Wild Things.
- Cas OneInterview
More than likely, it was Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. If I wasn’t reading it, then I absolutely looked at the pictures until they were burnt into my brain. Either that or But No Elephants by Jerry Smath.
- Christopher GreysonInterview
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. It’s a children’s book but it shows such imagination and everyone still has that childlike spark in them to get creative.
- Matt ForbeckInterview
Probably not. I was a voracious reader and devoured everything I could get my hands on. One of my favourite early books, though, was Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I loved it as a kid, and I read it to my own kids so often I could recite it by heart.
- Chloe BrotheridgeInterview
My earliest memory of books would be my Granny reading me Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
- Peter TintiInterview
The first two books I remember reading (or someone reading to me) are The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
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