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Maurice Sendak, 1929 - 2012
May 11, 2012
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
-William Butler Yeats
-William Butler Yeats
According to the New York Times, Sendak "wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying, and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche." Other books written and illustrated by Sendak include In the Night Kitchen, Higglety Pigglety Pop, Pierre, Alligators All Around, and Chicken Soup with Rice.
Fast Company made this observation about Sendak:
"Though he was routinely criticized by conservative groups for portraying what they saw as 'adult' themes, he stood his ground, maintaining that parents (and authors) need to be honest with children. In his acceptance speech for the Caldecott Medal in 1964, he had this to say about how adults misrepresent childhood:
"'From their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions — fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.'"
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Scranton, Pa., United States
The ECERS rating system is used in Pa as well. In evaluating books It would not occur to me to exclude "Where the Wild Things Are". I categorize it as playful fantasy which can be huge fun for kids to act out but I can see where someone might base a decision on developmentally appropriate content standard..
It would be interesting to check with ECERS authors regarding their thoughts on this classic.
Acre Family Child Care
United States
One of my favorite first books was A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Given such a focus on outcomes and evaluations I feel that there is a parody possibility that a hole is to measure its depth and width, to document this in a journal and to present it to the evaluator. I miss the days when a hole was simply to dig.
OMEP-USA
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
In 1981, at a Book Fair along New York City's 5th Avenue, I purchased Maurice Sendak's final volume of his trilogy that began with "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen." Then, I got in line with a lot of other people and waited patiently untl it was my turn to have the book, "Outside Over There," signed by the author. Sendak was signing rather mechanically, I thought. So, I said, "I really loved seeing the maquettes (models) at the Morgan Library." And he looked up at me and said, "Thank you. I was really proud of having them there." I put the usual black ribbon around the signed copy and put it on my desk on Wednesday. He has left a wonderful legacy for all of us.
United States
Maurice Sendak provided many hours of reading pleasure in homes and early chlldhood programs throughout the world. We have truly lost a legend in children's literature! He will be missed.
Shining Stars
Suamico, WI, United States
Because the state of Wisconsin now has a rating system that uses ECERS, & ITERS we are no longer able to share the wonderful book Where the Wild Things Are, with our children. It is banned.
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