![]() ![]() "She kept extensive notes of what captured the children's attention and what bored them," Amy told The Huffington Post. Writing for kids remained to be Margaret's sole talent. ![]() "But I am stuck in my childhood, and that raises the devil when no one wants to move on." "I hope to write something serious one day as soon as I have something to say," Margaret said. Despite her successes, she felt insecure about her work and wanted to write "serious" literature. While she dreamed of being the next great American novelist, the author's writing career soared with children's books like The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon. ![]() In the biography, we learn that the author grew up with wealthy, distant parents who sent her to boarding schools. "I refused to cater to the bullsh*t of innocence," Maurice Sendak, the author of Where the Wild Things Are told The Guardian. And we know Margaret isn't the only children's author who expressed rather severe opinions about kids. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |