In contrast, horticulturalists usually leave the big trees in place in and around their farm plots. Tree roots help to stabilize the soil. Burning the other wild vegetation converts chemical compounds locked in the plants to a form that is readily useable by their food crops.
Mary Altaffer / Associated Press. The book collection of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is the subject of a lawsuit. The book collection of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is the subject of a lawsuit.
Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children. Five years later School Library Journal sponsored a survey of readers which identified Where the Wild Things Are as top picture book.