Imaginary Friends

Where The Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are is a children's picture book by author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. In the book, a young boy named Max is sent to bed without supper for making mischief in his house while wearing his wolf costume. While punished in his room, Max conjures up a far away land, "Where the Wild Things Are". Although the creatures there are wild and fearless, no creature is as wild and fearless as the boy named Max. Throughout the story we see a loving friendship form between Max and these creatures even though the readers know that they exist only in Max's imagination. Eventually Max gets home sick and returns to his room where his supper is left waiting for him. Max show's his readers that if you have imaginary friends, one will never truly be alone.