When your preschooler is ready to graduate from "Where the Wild Things Are," fear not! This book offers lenghtier prose (and thus, more opportunity for Sendal's wry wit) in its telling of Jenny the dog's adventures as she seeks whatever is missing in her life, despite having "everything." One cannot help but love the message of fulfillment found when an undemanding life is traded for one of self-discovery.
Finally, The rhythm and humor of Sendak's writing will make memorization of certain lines unavoidable. Your family, like ours, may soon be employing as catchphrases lines like "You're pretty smart -- for a cat."
My teenage daughter insisted I read this even though I wasn't particulary fond of Foer's much-hyped "Everything is Illuminated." But this book is now one of my favorites. The 9-year-old narrator is so endearingly quirky, you'll wish he were at least your neighbor. My fiction-hating husband has now read this book and is a convert. This story of loss, ties, and the community we create has universal appeal.
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Higglety Pigglety Pop!: Or There Must Be More to Life by Maurice Sendak
Stacy Green, January 9, 2008
When your preschooler is ready to graduate from "Where the Wild Things Are," fear not! This book offers lenghtier prose (and thus, more opportunity for Sendal's wry wit) in its telling of Jenny the dog's adventures as she seeks whatever is missing in her life, despite having "everything." One cannot help but love the message of fulfillment found when an undemanding life is traded for one of self-discovery.Finally, The rhythm and humor of Sendak's writing will make memorization of certain lines unavoidable. Your family, like ours, may soon be employing as catchphrases lines like "You're pretty smart -- for a cat."
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
Stacy Green, October 22, 2007
My teenage daughter insisted I read this even though I wasn't particulary fond of Foer's much-hyped "Everything is Illuminated." But this book is now one of my favorites. The 9-year-old narrator is so endearingly quirky, you'll wish he were at least your neighbor. My fiction-hating husband has now read this book and is a convert. This story of loss, ties, and the community we create has universal appeal.(4 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)