Among the books it discusses are:
- Where the wild things are (Maurice Sendak)
- Hide and seek (Irini Savvides)
- John Brown, Rose and the midnight cat (Jenny Wagner, ill. Ron Brooks)
- Old Pig (Margaret Wild, ill. Ron Brooks)
- Clinton Gregory's secret (Bruce Whatley)
- One dragon's dream (Peter Pavey)
- Puffling (Margaret Wild, ill. Julie Vivas)
I would of course point you in the direction of this article online, but I can't find it on the SMH website (by all means leave the link as a comment if you can find it). Figured that by mentioning it here, if you still have a paper copy of the Saturday paper you can track it down, if you wish.
A quote:
Sendak's book is universally loved for its expression and subsequent taming of the beast in us all that can be unleashed by primal fears. Taming the beast of big business - which neutralises anything that cannot be controlled such as imagination or death, because the product is more palatably consumed - may be more challenging.
To anyone of imagination (children, for instance), being alive and the inevitability of death has its terrifying side. However, it is nowhere near as frightening as the Orwellian drive to brainwash us into believing consuming pap will somehow make us invincible.
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