Max & The Wild Things - For the Whispery White Wednesday Toys Theme

"The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind... and another

his mother called him "WILD THING!"

and Max said "I'll EAT YOU UP!"

so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

That very night in Max's room a forest grew.. and grew-

and grew until his ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world around

and an ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max

and he sailed off through night and day

and in and out of weeks and almost a year to where the wild things are.

And when he came to the place where the wild things are they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth

and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws

til Max said "BE STILL!" and tamed them with the magic trick

of staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once

and they were frightened and called him the most wild thing of all

and made him king of all wild things

"And now", cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!"...

 

Excerpt from "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak

 

Who didn't know and LOVE this book as a child! %-)

A few years ago I spotted Max and his friends in a toy shop...

and just HAD to take them home with me....

Now I have the perfect excuse to share them with you too! %-)

 

Wednesday May 9th 2012

 

I am reposting this image that I shot a couple of years ago of Max and his 'Wild' friends...

I heard on the news this morning that Maurice Sendak passed away today...

So I wanted to pay tribute to his brilliance...Such a wonderful author and classic book!

I have another lovely vintage set of little books by Sendak that I picked up in an antique shop in California when I was there last year... I'll have to pull them out later to share with you too! %-)

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