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The Spectacle Blog
Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator best known for the 1963 classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, died today of complications of a stroke. He was 83.
I certainly remember Where the Wild Things Are as amongst the very first books I ever gazed my eyes upon and its images remain with me to this very day. That’s about the best tribute I can give. Now I must bid adieu. A hot supper awaits me.
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Andrew| 5.8.12 @ 3:07PM
Yes, yes - Where the Wild Things Are but is there any better children's book than Chicken Soup with Rice?
Occam's Tool| 5.8.12 @ 3:23PM
Supper I thought referred to the evening meal, while Dinner refers to lunch (in the South). Your missive is timed 12:28 PM. Curious?
Sendak did beautiful work, better than the movie.
Paul McGrath| 5.8.12 @ 3:40PM
. . . and about ten thousand trillion times better than the simpleton Seuss, whom I detested even as a boy.
Paul McGrath| 5.8.12 @ 3:55PM
Err, uhh, hmm. Well, what I meant to say is that when I was a boy I detested Seuss, not that I detested Seuss when he was a boy. But on the other hand, if such a thing is possible, I would have detested him even in my pre-natal state.
So my initial sentence is fundamentally accurate. If I was able to do so, I would have loathed Seuss when he was a boy, I loathed him when I was a boy and he was an adult, I loathed him when he was an old man and I was a full-grown adult, and now that he's deceased, I find that my loathing for Dr. Seuss has, if anything, increased.
C Bowen | 5.8.12 @ 8:14PM
Mr. McGrath;
A bullet, particularly good with liberals, for your anti-Suess posture: he got his start doing "anti-Jap" propaganda for socialists.
Aaron Goldstein| 5.8.12 @ 10:58PM
It's a reference to the plot in "Where the Wild Things Are".
C Bowen | 5.8.12 @ 6:09PM
I have always thought it creepy that Sendak was such an out of the closet homosexual doing children's books.
Pelleas| 5.8.12 @ 6:19PM
Why ..and WHAT.. is so "creepy" about THAT?
Other then in YOUR own perverted mind-set fantasies, don't you realize how many other authors/teachers/doctors/etc who are Gay, are involved in a positive manner in children's welfare??
C Bowen | 5.8.12 @ 7:39PM
You are projecting.
While true, I am far more tolerant of the closeted or at least not in your face individuals--particularly if they are involved in pedagogy, Sendak was an in your face sort completely at odds with traditional up-bringing.
Homosexuals have always provided a class of strong patriots, I just think it weird if they decide to write children's books instead.
jocon307 | 5.8.12 @ 8:13PM
RIP Maurice Sendak.
I know he is best known for "Where the Wild Things Are" but I don't ever remember reading that book as a child.
However, I and mine were very fond of him because of his lovely pictures for the wonderful book "What do you say, Dear?" by Sesyle Joslin which posits some crazy situations and advises on the correct etiquette for each.
It's a sweet, silly book and, sadly, seems to have fallen out of favor. It shows the importance of good manners in even the most extreme or unprecedented circumstances.
Perhaps it can help remedy our recent lack of "civility".
http://www.amazon.com/What-Do-.....0064431126
jocon307 | 5.9.12 @ 7:55AM
RIP Maurice Sendak.
Although I never read "Where the Wild Things Are" he illustrated a very sweet and funny book called "What do you say, Dear?"
It is a book about manners for children, which describes all sorts of ridiculous situations and advises how to act in each one.
I think this book won the Caldecott medal and it was a great favorite of ours when we were little, but one never hears it mentioned nowadays.
But we need etiquette advice more than ever. If you have kids or just want a good chuckle, check it out.