{"id":3088,"date":"2012-05-08T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T02:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2012-05-08T22:47:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T02:47:09","slug":"wild-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/05\/wild-thing.html","title":{"rendered":"Wild Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The literary world said farewell to an icon today as author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak died at 83,\u00a0from complications of a stroke. His book, Where The Wild Things Are was a staple from my childhood as I imagined the wild rumpus that Max got to enjoy in the delightful dream world he entered. As a goodie two shoes kinda kid, I found Max’s bravado both apalling and appealing.<\/p>\n

What I didn’t know is that he also wrote a fun song that I get to hear fairly often on my favorite radio station WXPN 88.5 in Philadelphia on a show hosted by a kid in grown up clothing. The show is called Kids Corner; the host Kathy O’Connell and the song is called Pierre. Once again, it is about a recalcitrant child whose refrain “I don’t care.” gets him….well, you’ll have to listen and discover for yourself.<\/p>\n

From reading through news stories today, it seems that Maurice’s art was a response to a childhood of frailty, illness, fear; growing up during WWII\u00a0 as\u00a0 Jew in the shadow of the Holocaust and feeling outside acceptability as a Gay man. Although his claim to fame is as a children’s author, he was also a songwriter and set designer. He collaborated with Carole King on the tv special Really Rosie.<\/p>\n

His gems include \u201cIn the Night Kitchen\u201d (1970) and \u201cOutside Over There\u201d (1981), which together with \u201cWhere the Wild Things Are\u201d form a trilogy; \u201cThe Sign on Rosie\u2019s Door\u201d (1960); \u201cHigglety Pigglety Pop!\u201d (1967); and \u201cThe Nutshell Library\u201d (1962), a boxed set of four tiny volumes comprising \u201cAlligators All Around,\u201d \u201cChicken Soup With Rice,\u201d \u201cOne Was Johnny\u201d and \u201cPierre.\u201d<\/p>\n

For me, Maurice made scary monsters not so scary after all and upon awakening, we somehow always end up home.<\/p>\n

Sleep well, king of the beasts~<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/70U47cNi7sA<\/a>\u00a0Pierre sung by Carole King<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/syAtmgKqc9c<\/a>\u00a0Chicken Soup With Rice sung by Carole King<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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