Author Maurice Sendak has died. The guy wrote one of the greatest children's book ever but lived long enough to see it get turned into an awful live action movie staring Tony Soprano. A shame all around.
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RIP Maurice Sendak
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Awwwww sad to hear, Maurice was also an amazing Illustrator. "Where the Wild things are" was the first book I actually read on my own and still remember the first time I read it was on a rainy day, I loved and read the book so much, that my school teacher bought a copy for me to own.Comment
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RIP Maurice.I remember the first book I read that he wrote was Pierre. I loved that book. My teacher loaned it to me and I read it over and over. I love WTWTA, and in tribute, I'm gonna read it to my class at story time today.
"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."Comment
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I love that his work never talked down to children. He didn't shy away from more difficult emotions like fear and anger. Like the other great children's writers I think he recognized that children are not "pure" or empty emotionally - they have complex feelings and physiological responses, even if they don't understand them or control them well.
This quote I found on Wikipedia made me laugh (I'm editing out some of the bad language):
Sendak was not a fan of ebooks, stating, "**** them is what I say, I hate those e-books. They can not be the future… they may well be… I will be dead, I won’t give a sh*t!"Last edited by Brazoo; May 8, '12, 12:16 PM.Comment
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Sendak appreciated the movie:
“I’ve never seen a movie that looked or felt like this,” Sendak said. “And it’s his personal ‘this.’ And he’s not afraid of himself. He’s a real artist that lets it come through in the work. So he’s touched me. He’s touched me very much.”Comment
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I must've read WTWTA to my nieces and nephews probably a thousand times! They loved it everytime, too! The man was a genius and his talents will be sorely missed. RIP, Mr. Sendak....sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.Comment
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I am deeply saddened by this news. WTWTA was the first book i read by myself and i must have read it 1,000 times after that. He will be missed. My parents have a picture of me reading the book with a monster sized smile on my face.Comment
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Loved this book. I remember it being kind of scary as a kid. Like Max in the book, I ended up really appreciating my bedroom and how cool my ma really is.
BTW, I thought the film wonderfully captured all that.WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.Comment
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