Monkey, Onyx, Thank you also for pointing that out, I have heard of so many of these damn organizations, even when they sound outragious, they are real ones.

Hey, you admitted you screwed up...something that many people apparently can't.

Thanks. I try to do that, so Ill only eat my foot at the toes, and not all the way to my knees.(LOL) But the way people are getting, its only a matter of time before somthing like this is real. Scary isnt it?

Hmmm. A Sendak interview by Moyers was broadcast last week on NOW. It was interesting to hear him discuss the importance of discussing the persistent existence of evil in the world and the ongoing need for courage to fight it, a theme found in many of his children's books. I like Max.

I just hope that my daughter like it too. I am sure that Alot of us growing up was like Max. I am still looking for the pajamas like that his. :D

i LOVED this book when i was a kid! (last week i figured out how to post pictures. sorry if all my posts are illustrated lately)

I'm only too happy to admit when I've screwed up. If I didn't, I'd never have anything to talk about...

love the wild things. love em. i'm ready for a wild rumpus, myself.

do you remember the monsters? did you have a favorite? I did. I still do. Some kids books aren;t really for kids.

here's my favorite:

She's cute but looks a bit preggers...bet that was done the old-fashioned-way

Although the story is contrived, I think it serves a purpose as a good cautionary tale.

This is not the first children's story that has been taken away or sanitized, after all.

Possibly the first Caldecott Medal Winner, though.

speaking of banned books...
 

I'd say that the best kids' books have something for everyone, both child and adult, and I have a collection of'em up on a high shelf in my house where they won't be spolt by sticky little fingers!:)

The House at Pooh Corner. Loved it as a kid. Loved reading it to my kids.

Alice in Wonderland, a timeless classic. Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall :)

I remember liking and being confused by The Phantom Tollbooth as a kid. I still have a copy, and it is still good reading as an adult.

I also remember reading and liking The Mouse and the Motorcycle, but I never read it as a grown up.