maurice sendak | Matthew Dicks

“In The Night Kitchen” relies on the penis for its success and notoriety.

By Matthew Dicks | June 27, 2013 |

This reading of In the Night Kitchen got a lot of attention on the Internet last week with the passing of James Gandolfini. And Gandolfini delivers a spectacular reading of this Maurice Sendak classic, but let me go on the record as saying that I do not like this book at all. Perhaps it’s because…

Teaching terrifying books?

By Matthew Dicks | July 1, 2012 |

Flavorwire recently posted a list the 10 of the Most Terrifying Children’s Books From Around the World. Three of the books (shown below with must-read plot summaries courtesy of Flavowire) were written in English (including two by authors who my wife and I routinely read to our daughter). So here’s a thought: Perhaps I could…