March is
National Reading Month and it's good time to pay tribute to beloved children's
authors. In the category of picture books authors/illustrators, the late Maurice
Sendak reigns on high. His most famous book is "Where the Wild Things
Are" which Spike Jonze made into a movie in 2009, using giant animatronic
wild things from the late Jim Henson's creature shop. It was a match made in
heaven and Where the Wild Things was "wildly" popular. Here are free
printable Where the Wild Things Are coloring, games, activities, lesson
plans and book activities.
Start
with the free printable Where the Wild Things Are coloring pages, because that's what children want most. This Grand Rapids
Holidays Examiner loved coloring, Maurice Sendak, Max and Where the Wild Things
Are as a child and her go-to is Coloring Book Info, which has 20 coloring pages
from the Where the Wild Things
Are book. Next is Making Learning Fun which has not only free
printableWhere the Wild Things
Are coloring pages, but also Maurice Sendak book crafts and puzzles.
A-Z Coloring has a super nice set of wild things coloring
pages too. Here are a
few more printable coloring
pages.
Here
are free printable Where the Wild Things
Are lessons plans, worksheets, word games
and crossword puzzles. Maurice Sendak uses such delicious words like gnashed,
rumpus and terrible teeth. There are free printable book activities and lesson plans based on the Maurice Sendak book here. Here are
more Where the Wild Things
Are printables.
The
Warner Brothers Where the Wild Things
Are movie website
Downloads page has wallpapers and movie posters that you can print and color.
The pictures are shown in color. To print as a coloring page, choose one of the
size options and left click it. When the poster or wallpaper opens in a new
window, right click on the image. Choose "print image" and then set
your printer preferences to print in Grayscale. This will print the image in black
and white which you can then color. Wild, huh? There are images of Carol,
Alexander, Judith, Ira, The bull, Douglas, KW and of course, Max Records
himself. There are pictures of Max's boat also. You could print a complete 22
page coloring book from Where the Wild Things are movie. For more book
activities visit this authors blogs Free Printable Lesson Plans and Kidz Literature.
