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Where the Mild Things Are:
Risk-taking and Danger in Contemporary Children’s Literature
Remember when Max “wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another”?
Of course you do!
Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is a classic of children’s literature, but would it be written today? In this lively and wide-ranging presentation, children’s writer and academic Meg McKinlay considers the increasing influence of concerns about danger and safety on contemporary children’s literature. Which much-loved books might never have been published had they been subject to this particular form of scrutiny, or altered beyond recognition, to their detriment? In considering these questions, and more, Meg will draw on examples and experiences from her own much-loved work, as well as those of other contemporary children’s authors.
Join us and let the wild rumpus start!
Special door prizes too!
Of course you do!
Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is a classic of children’s literature, but would it be written today? In this lively and wide-ranging presentation, children’s writer and academic Meg McKinlay considers the increasing influence of concerns about danger and safety on contemporary children’s literature. Which much-loved books might never have been published had they been subject to this particular form of scrutiny, or altered beyond recognition, to their detriment? In considering these questions, and more, Meg will draw on examples and experiences from her own much-loved work, as well as those of other contemporary children’s authors.
Join us and let the wild rumpus start!
Special door prizes too!
Congratulations to the 2024 Make Your Own Story Book Awards Winners
All winners attended the Awards Ceremony on Sunday August 18 with their families, author/illustrator Peter Cheong, MYOSBA judges, special guests and CBCA WA Committee members.
Please use this link to view the winners and their winning books.
Please use this link to view the winners and their winning books.
2024 Make Your Own Story Book Award Winners, special guest Peter Cheong and a selection of MYOSBA judges
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