I wrote out a very lovely post about the book Where The Wild Things Are but it got deleted so I’m just gonna ramble on for a few.
I love books. I loved books growing up, I was a bit of a hermit and books were a way to explore the world without actually leaving my house. I’ve always hoped to pass that love of books onto my daughter and was getting a little worried when she didn’t became an instant fan at the age of 1 but I am happy to tell you that Where the Wild Things are has ignited her passion. We bought it a couple of weeks ago and have read it at least 3 times a day ever since. She already knows most of the words and I just love the way she pronounces “Tewible” so cute.
My Evangeline is a Wild Thing at heart and I love how this book lets her explore that Wild side of her but at the same time teaching her that there is a time to put it away. My favorite line
“After a while Max wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”
Eva’s favorite line is
“They gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.”
I remember when my 3rd grade teacher read us this book in class. I never had the book at home but just hearing it that one day in class had left a lasting impression on me.
I fell in love with Maurice Sendak when I heard that he said he would tell parents to “go to hell” in an interview when asked “What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?” I also love how he says “We don’t want children to suffer. But what do we do about the fact that they do? The trick is to turn that into art. Not scare children, that’s never our intention.”
With that being said Eva has not seen the movie yet because I do want to see it first, mainly because I don’t want her to have nightmares and she is still only 2 after all.

What are some of your favorite childhood books that you have been able to pass on to your children?