Not HF, but hugely influential in the world of children's books, Maurice Sendak has died, aged 83. I still remember with happy nostalgia reading Wild Things and Night Kitchen to my own kids many years ago. They loved to shout "No!" when the Wild Things cried, "Please don't go, we''ll eat you up, we love you so!"
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Maurice Sendak dies
Long life though
This was read to me in school, where the wild things...but I dont have any fond memories of it, as others do.
RIP
This was read to me in school, where the wild things...but I dont have any fond memories of it, as others do.
RIP
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I love the rhythm and lyrical quality of 'Where the Wild Things Are' - that, and the warmth of the book are what make me come to it again and again. Listen to the beat of this, one of the great opening lines of any story:
'The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another'.
(And note how Sendak makes you turn the page after 'kind', just to reinforce that beat.)
'The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another'.
(And note how Sendak makes you turn the page after 'kind', just to reinforce that beat.)
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[quote=""writerinthenorth""]I love the rhythm and lyrical quality of 'Where the Wild Things Are' - that, and the warmth of the book are what make me come to it again and again. Listen to the beat of this, one of the great opening lines of any story:
'The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another'.
(And note how Sendak makes you turn the page after 'kind', just to reinforce that beat.)[/quote]
And the psychological quality to the progression of the illustrations. As Max adds more and more to the fantasy, the pictures fill more of the pages. Then as he comes back they get smaller. Brilliant!
'The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another'.
(And note how Sendak makes you turn the page after 'kind', just to reinforce that beat.)[/quote]
And the psychological quality to the progression of the illustrations. As Max adds more and more to the fantasy, the pictures fill more of the pages. Then as he comes back they get smaller. Brilliant!
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I remember reading this and being read this as I was a young girl. RIP.
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I teach in a school with some very tough characters. The week before Maurice Sendak died, I brought WTWTA into school for a project. My two toughest boys BEGGED me to read it to them. They're 14 and obsessed with gangs, but this book held happy memories for them.
That, my friends, is the power of a great picture book.
(Other books the kids went wild for, BTW, The Snowy Day, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Cordoroy. I had the best behavior and the most work done with seventh graders reading these picture books for two weeks!)
C.S. Lewis was right when he said that a good children's book lasts into adulthood. (I forget the exact quote, maybe one of you can help).
That, my friends, is the power of a great picture book.
(Other books the kids went wild for, BTW, The Snowy Day, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Cordoroy. I had the best behavior and the most work done with seventh graders reading these picture books for two weeks!)
C.S. Lewis was right when he said that a good children's book lasts into adulthood. (I forget the exact quote, maybe one of you can help).
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[quote=""rockygirl""]
C.S. Lewis was right when he said that a good children's book lasts into adulthood. (I forget the exact quote, maybe one of you can help).[/quote]
Would it be this one?
A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.
Or maybe this one:
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally and often far more worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
C.S. Lewis was right when he said that a good children's book lasts into adulthood. (I forget the exact quote, maybe one of you can help).[/quote]
Would it be this one?
A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.
Or maybe this one:
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally and often far more worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
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