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How a Children’s Book Introduced Us To Our Inner Demons
Season 6
Episode 2
As a kid, the monsters in Where the Wild Things Are were downright frightening. But thinking about the book as an adult, it’s clear there’s something deeper to this fantastically monstrous story. Notable for taking on the darker and more complicated emotions a child experiences, the book tackles the idea of inner demons in a way that kids and adults alike can understand.
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