In contrast, horticulturalists usually leave the big trees in place in and around their farm plots. Tree roots help to stabilize the soil. Burning the other wild vegetation converts chemical compounds locked in the plants to a form that is readily useable by their food crops.
Mary Altaffer / Associated Press. The book collection of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is the subject of a lawsuit. The book collection of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is the subject of a lawsuit.
Related Areas Within Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site. 1  Maurice Sendak: Featured Author Article. 2  There is more about using Where the Wild Things Are and the other two books in Sendak's trilogy of childhood with older students in our Using Literature in the Middle School Curriculum.