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The richness and complexity of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” (1963)
Tomorrow morning, I'll be teaching a class on "Where the Wild Things Are", the 1963 picture book by Maurice Sendak (1928-2012). Having prepared it now, I'm thrilled at the book's richness and complexity. I knew it as a child, of course, and I read it to my own children, too,