I was in a coffee shop today, drinking my hot chocolate, and in the rack of things available to read was this. Having lived some decades now and still not having read Where the Wild Things Are, I promptly ignored the newspapers and magazines, and scuttled back to the table with my prize. Honestly, from my adult viewpoint, the story itself is a little bland - but does anyone really read this book for the story? It's the illustrations that are the big draw, and they are utterly fantastic. Weird and creepy and so deeply original that they are instantly recognisable... my favourites were the sea monster and the big cockatoo-like thing.