Okay, I got that this was meant to be a dream, and I saw that the bakers look like Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame. I didn't care that Mickey appears naked; I liked Sendak's style although I don't see what it's got to do with Where the Wild Things Are (why does it need to be a trilogy?). Parts of it were cute... Mickey making a plane out of the dough for example. But this story is just too weird, and didn't read well for me. My two-year-old didn't seem to mind, in fact he seems to rather like it after two readings. Not one I'd bother to buy a copy of, but I'm glad the library had it so I could satisfy my Sendak curiosity.
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On a side-note, it possibly helps to have read Eat, Pray, Love and We Need To Talk About Kevin, as both books are referred to by the characters.
