tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post7356088966250700625..comments2023-09-30T06:10:34.381-07:00Comments on Shadow Knows: I Never Saw Another ButterflyRobbi N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-23102093364970620942013-02-24T15:17:27.267-08:002013-02-24T15:17:27.267-08:00Sad. Perhaps parents aren't reading them to ki...Sad. Perhaps parents aren't reading them to kids anymore. In favor of what, I wonder? <br />Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-88564520524688696502013-02-21T13:29:49.381-08:002013-02-21T13:29:49.381-08:00Children don't get fairy tales so much any mor...Children don't get fairy tales so much any more. One of my students from my visiting writer stint at Hollins told me that her students didn't recognize titles that we would regard and the most basic and well-known of tales.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-3745015024686175942013-02-18T06:43:54.811-08:002013-02-18T06:43:54.811-08:00I totally agree with him and remember the stink pe...I totally agree with him and remember the stink people made over his book. They needn't have bothered. Look at fairy tales, which are dark enough to make Wild Things look tame.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-46355417234483303162013-02-17T15:04:33.637-08:002013-02-17T15:04:33.637-08:00"Certainly we want to protect our children fr..."Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences. That is obvious. But what is just as obvious — and what is too often overlooked — is the fact that from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things." -Maurice Sendak, from his Caldecott acceptance speech for "Where the Wild Things Are"Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com