We’re big fans of the late Sendak here at Fatherly, not just for his gritty writing and bonkers illustrations, but because he was kind of a badass, too. The thing that makes new generations of parents buy Wild Things almost sixty years after it was first published is the thing that should make you want to buy (or borrow) more of Sendak’s books: he writes just as much for parents as he does for kids. In fact, he really wishes you wouldn’t call him a children’s book writer. “I don’t write for children,” he said in his final interview, “I write, and somebody says, ‘That’s for children!’” So whether you get these seven amazing Maurice Sendak books for your kids or just for you, it doesn’t matter; just go get them.
