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Where the Wild Things Are

By: Maurice Sendak
Narrated by: Peter Schickele
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Publisher's summary

Max is the hero of this beloved children's classic in which he makes mischief, sails away, tames the wild things, and returns home for supper.
Click here to see other Weston Woods stories.
©1963 Maurice Sendak (P)1987 Weston Woods Studios
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I thought the story was good, but not great. Same with the narrator, he was okay, but not any better than me reading it to my grandchildren. I could not get the images to come up on my Icloud player on the computer, but it worked great on my I-Phone. Would really like to figure out how to get it on a larger screen. This is a great idea, I am going to be getting several more this week to test drive before the holidays, when the grandkids are here.

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one of our favorites

this is definitely one of our kids favorites! and they love the narrators voice and how he reads this one. love it

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Roaring good fun

If you could sum up Where the Wild Things Are in three words, what would they be?

Fun, imaginative, silly.

What did you like best about this story?

The story itself was fun and well written.

Which character – as performed by Peter Schickele – was your favorite?

Max.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Boy become the king of the beasts.

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The narrator did an excellent job of reading and roaring. I thought the music was a bit too loud in places and distracted from the story. I thought that this book has been one of the better children's book that I have listened to with Audible.com. The pictures were an added surprise. Good job.

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Great narration, really helps bring book to life.

I love this narration and think it is fantastic. There are music and sound effects which really add to the story. I am happy to own this.

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Fun story.

We listen in the car, the Hammock and at home. as a parent... I love when he's following along with the story. Helping teach him to read also!!!

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as a kid Mom would read this to me and my brother

great listen ... i love how it adds a picture of the book as well ... if you have kids ... u really might enjoy sharing it with them too ... what fun!!

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Really Great !!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It was short, and had excellent character voices and sound effects.

Who was your favorite character and why?

the beast of course!

What does Peter Schickele bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He's one of the best male narrators for children's books I've run across.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Sure. I could handle all 6 minutes!!!

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my son's favorite book !

great narration! can clearly understand the words , my 8 month olds attention was even caught by this which is rare because she doesn't like to sit for a little while

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My childhood

This is a great book for your kids!! My mom used to read this to me as a kid and I was obsessed. I went and got this recently because I remembered it and it’s just as amazing as when I was a kid! I highly recommend getting it for the kiddos

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Love the classic story

Love the classic story and although it is done well it is not my favorite choice of voice for the story, too modern. I also have some trouble using the app with story synchronization on my android devices. The pictures are too small on my table. There are a lot of bugs on my phone such as having to restart the app because the pictures stops when it goes to sleep or the review request pops up. I am hoping an update will fix this sometime soon! It is super annoying.

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