What is Where the Wild Things Are in emojis?

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak can be summed up in emojis as: 👦🐺🌊⛵🏝️👹👑🎉🌙🍲❤️ — a shorthand emoji plot summary you can copy and share.

How do you describe Where the Wild Things Are with emojis?

Break the story into its key beats and pick one or two emojis for each — the setting, the main characters, the turning point, and the ending. The decoded summary above shows one way to do it for Where the Wild Things Are.

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Picture BookMaurice Sendak · 1963

Where the Wild Things Are in Emojis

A boy sails to an island of monsters and becomes their king — in emoji.

Sent to bed without supper, mischievous Max imagines sailing to a land of Wild Things, where he tames the monsters and is crowned king — before sailing home to a warm supper.

The plot in emoji

Where the Wild Things Are emoji summary, decoded

Here's what each part of the emoji story means, beat by beat.

👦🐺Max makes mischief in his wolf costume.
😠🛏️His mother sends him to bed without any supper.
🌳⛵His room transforms into a forest and an ocean appears.
🌊🏝️Max sails away to where the Wild Things are.
👹😤The monsters roar their terrible roars and gnash their teeth.
👑🙌Max tames them and is made king of all Wild Things.
🎉🌙They have a wild rumpus under the moon.
⛵🍲Missing home, Max sails back to find his supper still warm.

The cast of Where the Wild Things Are in emoji

The main characters, one emoji each — tap any to copy.

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Max

The mischief-making boy king.

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The Wild Things

The lovable monsters.

Where the Wild Things Are emoji set

A copyable set of emojis that capture the book's vibe. Tap any emoji, or copy them all.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Where the Wild Things Are in emojis?: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak can be summed up in emojis as: 👦🐺🌊⛵🏝️👹👑🎉🌙🍲❤️ — a shorthand emoji plot summary you can copy and share.
How do you describe Where the Wild Things Are with emojis?: Break the story into its key beats and pick one or two emojis for each — the setting, the main characters, the turning point, and the ending. The decoded summary above shows one way to do it for Where the Wild Things Are.
What can I use these book emojis for?: Copy the Where the Wild Things Are emoji summary into a book-club chat, a BookTok or Instagram caption, a reading challenge, or a 'guess the book from emojis' game.

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