Originally posted on Tue, by Michael LevyWhere the Wild Things Are is potent stuff and, yes, it can cause nightmares. I, however, most likely, would have been one of the kids who had nightmares as a result of a good reading of it! Thanks! What do you think? The whole situation disturbed me as I am vehemently opposed to censorship of any kind. She said that the only purpose the library served was for oral reading material for the aides and teachers. One of the young women said something like, ” Oh! I hate this book! This book is terrible for Children! It gives them nightmares and scares them! I would never read this book to a child!” And she went on to share an experience she had working at a day-care center where they “screened” the books brought in by parents, and one of the titles not even allowed on their library’s book shelf was _Wild Things. I know that Sendak has been considered controversial for years–probably more years than I have been alive! But since most of my discussions on his works have been with Children’s Literature authors and students, I haven’t heard anything too negative until this past Friday night. When _Wild Things_ went around the group, I heard a number of comments which I have not associated with the book first-hand. students in Psychology–and I was sharing with them some of the books in my Children’s Literature collection.
I had company over this past weekend–ALL PhD. I have a question about Maurice Sendak and his works–specifically _Where the Wild Things Are_– and the audiences the books are intended for or even for which audiences they are most widely used. Originally posted on Tue, by Tracy FeinHi.
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