Where The Wild Things Are And Its Effects On Children

Reading is one of the most significant parts of a child's life. Reading teaches children about the world and helps develop their imaginations. As kids, we grew up reading Where The Wild Things Are, and we can say (for a fact) that it has influenced our lives. We remember fearing the book but still enjoying it. We remember appreciating the beautiful illustrations and being read to as children. Because of this, we have extreme difficulty with the book being banned for “child abuse,” and, we find ourselves on all sides of “Singleton's compass.” The story provides children with a unique plot that provokes imagination and creativity rather than abuse and witchcraft.
The book was banned multiple decades ago (in the mid-1960s), and the explanation

We do, however, appreciate the book’s illustrations. The beautiful drawings and pictures such as the drawing of the boat in the ocean that Max sailed across and the forest that grew at the beginning of the book were core memories for us as children. The attention to detail within the pictures is what attracts children to the book. We also appreciate the lesson within the story. The fact that the book shows a child having a tantrum brings awareness to the issue and shows children how to calm down from one. It teaches them to be aware of who to trust and who to listen to.
We find ourselves on three sides of "Singleton's compass.": We were emotionally impacted because of how influential this book was to us as a child, we wanted to speak up about it because we see no reason for it to be banned, and the topic of banning the book makes us question who decides what topics should and should not be allowed for children to read. We believe that parents should have the final say on what their kids are exposed to and that the decision should not be left to a select group of people who end up dictating the entire school system within