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That anecdote feels so right, so just, and so satisfying because it implies something true about the way children's books we have loved feel internal - cellular, almost - as if we've integrated them into our bodies. I mean, that's how primal, that's how animalistic, that's how passionate we are as small people," Sendak said in a 1991 interview with Larry King. Wild Things, Bruce Handy's new book about "the joy of reading children's literature as an adult," recounts a famous Maurice Sendak anecdote: After sending a young fan a drawing, Sendak got a letter back from his mother saying that the child had loved it so much that he ate it.

Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Wild Things Subtitle The Joy of Reading Children's Literature As an Adult Author Bruce Handy The book, Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult ISBN# 9781451609950 in Hardcover by Bruce Handy may be ordered in bulk quantities. White, Wild Things will bring back fond memories for readers of all ages, along with a few surprises. A clear-eyed love letter to the greatest children’s books and authors, from Louisa May Alcott and L. It’s a profound, eye-opening experience to reencounter books that you once treasured after decades apart.

Along the way, Handy learns what The Cat in the Hat says about anarchy and absentee parenting, which themes link The Runaway Bunny and Portnoy’s Complaint, and why Ramona Quimby is as true an American icon as Tom Sawyer or Jay Gatsby. So how did we get from there to “Let the wild rumpus start”? And now that we’re living in a golden age of children’s literature, what can adults get out of reading Where the Wild Things Are and Goodnight Moon, or Charlotte’s Web and Little House on the Prairie? In Wild Things, Bruce Handy revisits the classics of American childhood, from fairy tales to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and explores the backstories of their creators, using context and biography to understand how some of the most insightful, creative, and witty authors and illustrators of their times created their often deeply personal masterpieces. Offering children gems of advice such as “Strive to learn” and “Be not a dunce,” it was no fun at all. “Consistently intelligent and funny…The book succeeds wonderfully.” -The New York Times Book Review “A delightful excursion…Engaging and full of genuine feeling.” -The Wall Street Journal “Pure pleasure.” -Vanity Fair “Witty and engaging…Deeply satisfying.” -Christian Science Monitor In 1690, the dour New England Primer, thought to be the first American children’s book, was published in Boston.

An irresistible, nostalgic, insightful-and totally original-ramble through classic children’s literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy.