The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is one of those rare picture books that functions simultaneously as a fable, a miniature psychological drama, and a radical experiment in economy — of line, of colour, and of words. On the surface it tells the simple story of a child’s temper and imaginative flight; beneath that … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Theodore Geisel & Maurice Sendak

In The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, readers are invited behind the curtain of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated children’s illustrators to witness the extraordinary breadth and daring of Theodore Geisel’s private visual experiments. Far from the familiar landscapes of Whoville and the Cat in the Hat’s iconic stripe, this volume—meticulously curated and … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Theodore Geisel & Maurice Sendak