Where the Wild Things Are the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It was voted the number one picture book in a 2012 survey of "School Library Journal" readers, not for the first time. This story of only 338 words focuses on a young boy named Max who, after dressing in his wolf costume, wreaks such havoc through his household that he is sent to bed without his supper. Max's bedroom undergoes a mysterious transformation into a jungle environment, and he winds up sailing to an island inhabited by malicious beasts known as the "Wild Things." After successfully intimidating the creatures, Max
The Little Boy Lost The Little Boy Lost "The Little Boy Lost" is a simple lyric poem written by William Blake. This poem is part of a larger work entitled "Songs of Innocence" which was published in the year 1789. "The Little Boy Lost" is a prelude to "The Little Boy Found". Father! father! where are you going?O do not walk so fast.Speak, father, speak to your little boy,Or else I shall be lost." The night was dark, no father was there;The child was wet with dew;The mire was deep, & the child did weep,And away the vapour flew. " The Little Boy Lost"