![]() ![]() It was just another book to read that I found confusing but also enjoyable. I didn’t notice the name Maurice Sendak on the page and associate it with Where the Wild Things Are. Like many young children, authors meant nothing. I remember the red haired school librarian reading it to the class, and later I remember reading it by myself. I read In the Night Kitchen in elementary school. While the only book Sendak authored to win the Caldecott Award was Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen (1970) is a Caldecott honor book, and is his second most well-known book, as well as the most banned. In the Night Kitchen and the ’60s and ’70s In fact, there’s something very Max-like in the upright Little Bear. Minarik’s simple and sweet stories pair beautifully with Sendak’s expressive little bear. And he illustrated my favorite early readers series- Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik. ![]() ![]() In A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss, an author he frequently collaborated with, he utilized the same crosshatching technique he would later implement in Wild Things, and it’s a super cute book, another small sized book aimed at preschoolers. We can dress as our own wild things, and romp through the house on a wild rumpus, together.īut he had plenty of experience illustrating at that point, with more than 40 collaborations with authors and working at FAO Schwarz creating children’s window displays. I look forward to reading his books with her when she’s a little older, and asking her what she thinks. I recently gave my one-year-old the same wild thing stuffed animal I had as a kid, and read Wild Things to her for the first time. Now, I own about thirty Maurice Sendak books, including several first editions and one signed. It wasn’t until I started working in a used bookstore that I discovered how vast Maurice Sendak’s bibliography was, and when I started collecting his books. Where the Wild Things Are is rightfully iconic and memorable, playing an important part in many children’s reading lives. I became Max as I read, and enacted the wild things within me that I couldn’t in public, something I continue to do today, if with different books. From Max in his wolf costume chasing after his dog, to wild things hanging off trees and roaring their terrible roars, I saw my desires enacted on the page. Despite being a child that did not agree with being naughty, Where the Wild Things Are became one of my favorite books. ![]()
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