|
| Name Maurice Sendak |
| 18 |
| followers |
| Biography |
| Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. An elementary school in North Hollywood, California, is named in his honor.Sendak... |
| more.. |
|
| |
| Followers |
|
|
Gift it
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=108430&author=Sendak"e=Certainly+we+want+to+protect+our+children+from+new+and+painful+experiences+that+are+beyond+their+emotional+comprehension+and+that+intensify+anxiety%3B+and+to+a+point+we+can+prevent+premature+exposure+to+such+experiences.+That+is+obvious.+But+what+is+just+as+obvious+%E2%80%94+and+what+is+too+often+overlooked+%E2%80%94+is+the+fact+that+from+their+earliest+years+children+live+on+familiar+terms+with+disrupting+emotions%2C+fear+and+anxiety+are+an+intrinsic+part+of+their+everyday+lives%2C+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.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=108431&author=Sendak"e=I+believe+there+is+no+part+of+our+lives%2C+our+adult+as+well+as+child+life%2C+when+we%27re+not+fantasizing%2C+but+we+prefer+to+relegate+fantasy+to+children%2C+as+though+it+were+some+tomfoolery+only+fit+for+the+immature+minds+of+the+young.+Children+do+live+in+fantasy+and+reality%3B+they+move+back+and+forth+very+easily+in+a+way+we+no+longer+remember+how+to+do.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}