Where the Wild Things Are (opera) dream is over, and Max starts to eat the food his Mama had left for him during his dream time. Where the Wild Things Are (opera) Where the Wild Things Are, Op. 20, is a 'fantasy' opera in one act by Oliver Knussen to a libretto by Maurice Sendak, based on Sendak's own children's book of the same title. Knussen composed the music from 1979 to 1983, on commission from the Opèra National, Brussels. In form and subject matter the work relates to Maurice Ravel's "L'enfant et les sortilèges", as well as Stravinsky's "The Nightingale". Knussen also included a number
The Blue Boy (picture book) The Blue Boy (picture book) The Blue Boy is a children's picture book by Martin Auer, with illustrations by Simone Klages. It was first published in 1991 in German as "Der blaue Junge". The Blue Boy lives on a war-torn planet. When his parents get killed he does not want to love anyone anymore, because he has cried so much that he has no more tears left. He declines the company of a little dog, an old woman, and a girl. Instead, he builds himself a giant armoured robot to travel around in and starts looking for someone who cannot