I know what you’re going to say as you read this post. We grew up with these stories as kids and we’re mentally all right… These are just harmless tales meant to enrapture children with their fanciful plots and well-written characters. Well, parents, that may not be the case ….
I literally had to fight for this book in the early grades. It was always checked out of the library and was rarely returned on time. Maurice Sendak’s tale of a boy transported to an island with fearsome monsters always entertained me. The hero, Max, is wearing a wolf suit when he’s sent to his room for threatening to devour his mother. From there, his imagination takes him to where the wild things are. He wants to be their lord and master.
While only a small part of the story, Max develops walking amnesia —…
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