Where the Wild Things Are
by
Maurice Sendak
Children's fantasy fiction ages 3-5
I had to read this since it has been something like 20 years since I last cracked open this book. I may go see the movie if I ever have time.
ROWWWR! Did I scare you?
Max is sent to his room and imagines all kinds of monsters that he can command and who love to romp (unlike his mother).
The back flap says it is part one of a trilogy with
2. In the Night Kitchen and
3. Outside Over There.
I think I vaguely remember #2 but not #3. They were published in 1963, 1970, and 1981, respectively. This probably explains why my memory is so poor. I guess I need to get on the library's hold list for #2 and #3. There was a wait for #1 since the movie is now out.
They are short enough, I don't see why, if this is a trilogy, they aren't published as 3 books in 1. I am a bit befuddled by the jacket author saying this is a trilogy. I remember we had a boxed set and it did not include these together. Looking in my library's catalog, I do not see that they are linked together.
I found this commentary:
http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/1999/10/31/26082.html
<Sendak considers Where The Wild Things Are to be the first in a trilogy of books, which also includes In The Night Kitchen (1970) and Outside Over There (1981). Sendak’s trilogy is not a traditional one. The stories stand alone, the characters are unrelated, and the style of illustration differs markedly from one book to the next. Instead, Sendak feels the books are a trilogy because they deal with the same theme: the emotional and psychological life of children seen through a child’s eyes.
Okay. I guess if the author says so...
P. S. I didn't see any nakedness in this one. It must have been "In the Night Kitchen" that sent the censors into a tizzy.
