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Bumble-Ardy, Maurice Sendak’s first full-production picture book since Outside Over There (1981), is both ageless and fresh. Kids will delight in its whimsical, dangerous world—where grotesquery is the norm and anything can happen. Parents will appreciate the tale’s reflection that even wild revelries have their purpose.

Many kids are ready and willing to read books intended for adults, but selecting books with both kid-friendly style and content can be time consuming. Here are the results I've compiled through a process of trial and error. I decided not to include authors who are generally accepted as appropriate for young readers (J. R. R. Tolkien, Sir Arthur Conant Doyle, Jules Verne).

Actress and best-selling author Tori Spelling is writing a children's book. "Presenting ... Tallulah," the "sweet tale of a young girl who really just wants to be herself," is coming out in September, publisher Aladdin announced Tuesday. Spelling, star of the reality series "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood," also has written the memoirs "Mommywood" and "sTORI Telling."
A third adult release, tentatively titled "uncharted terriTORI," is scheduled for June.

Aladdin is an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

'Where the Wild Things Are' proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's book debuted at No. 1 with $32.5 million.

Julianne Moore is perhaps best known for her movie roles, but the Academy Award-nominate actress is also earning recognition as a children's book author.