Where the wild things aren't Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise. By Stephanie Zacharek. Published October 16, 2009 7:07AM (EDT) ...

But Sendak, the winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for the classic Where the Wild Things Are, told PEOPLE in 1988 that he believed children were tough enough for the grimmest fairy tales.

Where the Wild Things Are. The enduring, untamable appeal of Saki's short stories. By Christopher Hitchens. June 2008 Issue. Share. Save. Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett.

One of the most beloved illustrated children’s books of all time, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, has delighted readers since 1963. It sold over 19 million copies and has several ...

Let the wild rumpus start! Of course, it's not quite the wild rumpus that generations have shared, thanks to Maurice Sendak's imperishable 1963 kid-lit classic, "Where the Wild Things Are." ...

A walk in the woods is nothing like a stroll through a gallery; the forest isn’t divided neatly, and wild stuff abuts and overlaps. The Arlington Arts Center can’t aspire to that sort of ...

Davies told the Daily News that for "Where the Wild Things Are" in particular, it was rare for these books to go for so much because a lot of the 1960s editions were mass published.

When Maurice Sendak was looking for inspiration for the wild things that would inhabit his now-classic book, he found it right in his own extended family. NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the new film ...

Truly, I am madly, deeply in love with the film version of " Where the Wild Things Are." Not since Robert Altman took on "Popeye" a generation ago, and lost, has a major director addressed such a ...

The question going into Where The Wild Things Are is, can childlike wonderment be sustained for an entire film? Can Spike Jonze, who has never made a bad movie, take Maurice Sendak's rough-edged, slim ...