An Aside - The Wild Things

Dave Eggers has self-published his own novelization of "Where the Wild Things Are", adapting it as a "contemporary problem novel or 8-12 year olds" 'The Wild Things'. There has obviously been marketing for the nostalgic adults - due to it's presence at Barnes & Noble and Urban Outfitters as witnessed by yours truly. Despite any misgivings to the reasoning behind this adaptation of the treasured children's picture book, let's take a look at the design of the book cover itself...

Bringing us back to the books of our youth inviting us to touch and feel and un-zipping the zipper (to teach the function of the five senses you perverts), the book is begging for you to pick it up and hug it - except it comes shrink-wrapped.