The Wild Things The Wild Things The Wild Things is a 2009 full-length novel written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's. The book is based on the screenplay of "Where the Wild Things Are" which Eggers co-wrote. The film is, in turn, based on Maurice Sendak's children's book "Where the Wild Things Are". According to the Acknowledgements of the novel, Eggers, who was asked by Spike Jonze to write the screenplay, was also asked by Sendak to write the novelization. He said his version is different, as Sendak's Max was based on Sendak, Jonze's was based on Jonze, and while writing the
Where the Wild Things Were the 18-49 rating demographics on the Nielson ratings scale, ranking third on its timeslot and sixth for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind "Dr. Ken", "Dateline NBC", "Last Man Standing", "Truth and Lies: The Family Manson", and an NCAA Tournament. This was a slight increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 3.95 million viewers with a 0.7/3. This means that 0.7 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode, while 3 percent of all households watching television at that time watched it. "Where the Wild Things Were" received positive reviews. Les Chappell from The