Where the Wild Things Are by: Maurice Sendak (fantasy)

The author depicts a little boy named Max, who lets his imagination run wild after putting on a wolf suit. In Max's room, a forest grew, and then an ocean, where he sailed all day and night for almost a year. Then He met the wild things, a bunch of beasts. He tamed them, and became the king of the wild things. Then he smelled his dinner all the way across the ocean, sailed back, and ate

I think this story is an awesome book to read to students to explain detail in their writing, especially when writing fantasy novels. Just like Max lets his imagination run wild, students should let their imaginations run wild when writing. I would tell the students to develop a character, and describe internal (hair color, what they look like, are they human, etc.) and external (special powers, their attitudes, imaginations, etc.) characteristics of their character, making these characteristics as imaginative as possible.