Talk:Where the Wild Things Are

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In the 2001 reprint of the 1993 Bodley Head hardback edition, on the dustcover, it says:

"Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are was first published in New York in 1963. Four years later The Wild Things came to Britain where they soon tamed the initial furore from the critics, and carried on with their own wild rumpus to make the book an acknowledged classic of twentieth-century literature."

What I'm wondering is, what was this "initial furore" about in Britain? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.89.3.9 (talk • contribs) .

There's still a little bit today, people, mainly mums, thought it would be frightening, and suggested the author was a nutcase. Or at least, that's what I heard.

~~Lazyguy~~I r needing userboxes plz! 21:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)