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When Where the Wild Things Are first came out, parents (and some librarians and reviewers) famously denounced it for being too scary for children. It took kids flocking to the book to prove that grown-ups were the real wimps—kids could handle way more darkness than adults thought.

It’s funny to think about that now, if you know about the rest of Sendak’s books. Many of them are so deliciously creepy that they make the Wild Things look downright cute.

So today, on Sendak’s birthday, we declare our love for Sendak’s darker moments with this list of five even creepier Sendak books, counting down to Most Morbid.

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Of all the opulent antiquities we’ve spotted in the trailer for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, there’s one that we’d most love to pocket for ourselves: Miss Peregine’s signature pocket watch and watch fob (the chain that it hangs on). But unless you’ve found your way to her home yourself (and if you have, please invite us over!) the best way to pocket a beautiful watch like hers is by making your own one of a kind watch fob.

To continue our week-long celebration of all things Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge, we're pulling up a barstool in some of our favorite bars in pop culture. 

June is National Candy Month! Not only are we celebrating by eating our favorites *vibrates from sugar high* we couldn’t pass up on Candying a Book—especially, when we realized we should Candy the Harry Potter Series because Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was originally published on June 26, 1997. This was clearly meant to be.

The library is every reader’s best friend – borrowing books, doing research, scooping up bargains on second-hand books from the library sale shelves, or just enjoying the atmosphere. Many libraries are architecturally stunning, with floors of carefully preserved and catalogued tomes – if only my jewelry collection was quite so organized!

These cute pieces will help you show your love of book borrowing without going overboard – perfect for the next time you are putting an outfit together to head down to the library for a study session.