Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are was one of my favourite picture books as a child...
It is said that the characters of the monsters were based on Sendak's uncles and we also named after them.
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'2009 is the year of breakthrough children's films...'
Spike Jonze's upcoming featuring Forest Whitaker.
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