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References Goodreads. (2012). Retrieved from: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19543.Where_the_Wild_Things_Are Kaplan, F. (2012). //Where the wild things are.// Retrieved from: http://www.jbooks.com/interviews/IP_KAPLAN.htm
 * Name of book:** Where the Wild Things Are
 * Author:** Maurice Sendak
 * Description:**This story is about a little boy named Max who uses is imagination to take him to a wild rumpus.
 * 1) He gets in trouble and is sent to bed without dinner. A forest grows in his room and he enters the world of the wild things. He is made King of the Wild things but is soon homesick so he goes back home where his dinner is still waiting hot.
 * Genre:** Children’s Fiction Picture Book
 * Questionable Items:** This book has been criticized for creating a character that is disobedient and having illustrations that might frighten a child.
 * Public’s Opinion:** According to reviewers on Goodreads.com, the book is very well received. There are many people who feel the illustrations are a bit scary and they don’t agree with the disobedience of the boy but overall they enjoyed the book.
 * History of Censorship:**Many people have challenged the content in this book for involving witchcraft and supernatural elements. A child psychologist by the name of Dr. Bruno Bettleheim came out against the book for creating a “disobedient youngster and creating images that could frighten an impressionable child.”
 * 1) From when it first got published this book was banned or challenged. It was published during the 1960’s were most parents couldn’t believe that a children’s book would have monsters in it. In 1969, a psychologist called the book psychologically damaging to 3 and 4 year olds (Baldassarro, 2011).
 * Age Group:** 4 and up

Baldassarro, W. (2011). //Banned Book Awareness.// Banned Books Awareness. Retrieved from: [] awareness