I believe I actually cried the first time I read WtWTA to Owen.
Zombies! Hyena people! Snyder!
Student ,'Touched'
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Cashmere - Apr 01, 2009 6:07:52 pm PDT #674 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 01, 2009 6:10:05 pm PDT #675 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I so wanted a wolf suit like Max's when I was a kid.
Vonnie K - Apr 01, 2009 6:34:48 pm PDT #676 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
A singular touchstone of my childhood.
Well, this is the issue. Not having grown up in an English-speaking country, I haven't read most famous children's books. We had some famous ones translated -- The Grimm's and Perrault's fairy tales, Hans Christian Anderson, etc., but not much beyond that. First time I tried to read the LotR books was when I was in my early thirties, and I found it slow-going and the prose too cluttered. Some things just need to be read when you're the right age for them, I think.
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2009 6:35:30 pm PDT #677 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, you won't have a cluttered prose issue with WTWTA. It's a pretty cheap investment in a classic.
DavidS - Apr 01, 2009 7:06:11 pm PDT #678 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I so wanted a wolf suit like Max's when I was a kid.
You used to be able to buy them at the Where the Wild Things Are playland here in San Francisco.
DavidS - Apr 01, 2009 7:07:50 pm PDT #679 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Atropa - Apr 01, 2009 7:11:12 pm PDT #680 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am verrrrry tempted to get myself one. Yes, I would wear it around the house as pjs.
Jessica - Apr 02, 2009 3:50:55 am PDT #681 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I believe I actually cried the first time I read WtWTA to Owen.
"And Max, the King of all Wild Things, was lonely, and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all" will get me every. fricking. time. And let's not even get started on the last page of Are You My Mother?
flea - Apr 02, 2009 4:08:18 am PDT #682 of 30000
information libertarian
You are not my mother! You are a snort.
lisah - Apr 02, 2009 4:55:02 am PDT #683 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I love that book!!!