Throwback Thursday - Where the Wild Things Are

What the cast said

Welcome back to StoryBeam, the daily podcast where imagination shines bright.

I'm Kat.

I'm Allison.

Happy Throwback Thursday!

For today's Throwback Thursday, we are traveling back to the year 1963 to visit a bedroom

that turns into a giant magical forest.

Our StoryBeam is shining a light on a sailboat journey across the ocean as we read the classic

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.

Let the wild rumpus start!

Oh yes, it's time for a wild rumpus.

Let's sail away with Max to the island where the wild things roar their terrible roars

and gnash their terrible teeth.

Let's get our ears on.

I've got mine.

Ready?

Three, two, one, let's read!

Here the cast reads Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. The book's own words stay with its author and publisher, so that part of the recording is not written out. Press play to hear it.

What a wild, wonderful adventure.

My favorite part is at the very end, when Max sails all the way back home to his bedroom

and finds his supper waiting for him and it was still hot.

Co-host, if you could rule over an island of wild things,

what kind of rules would you make for your kingdom?

Never let the ocean stop sparkling.

Ooh, that's one awesome idea, I like that.

That sounds like the perfect kingdom to me.

Grown-ups, if your little wild things loved Max's adventure tonight,

check out Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson,

another timeless classic where a little boy creates his own magical world one crayon stroke at a time.

Wow, that's amazing.

Yeah, look for it in our show notes.

Send us your favorites.

That's right, send us your favorite book requests in the comments or send us an email.

Roar your loudest roar today.

Yeah, go have a wild, fun day everyone.

Thank you for listening and we will see you tomorrow morning for Friday Favorites.

And don't forget...

Keep on reading!

Bye!