Back to the Wild - An Illustrated Poem

A project in London, United Kingdom by Geoffrey O. Todd & Rich Berner
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A story inspired by Where The Wild Things Are. Want to know more about Max, the creatures and what happened next...? We did...
Backers: 20
Average Pledge Per Backer: £35

Funded: £694 of £25,000
Dates: May 28th -> Jul 12th (45 days)
Project By: Geoffrey O. Todd & Rich Berner
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Latest News

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July 6th - via: themarysue.com
Why do people think they can get away with crowdfunding something that doesn't belong to them?  (Read More)

Kickstarter Pulls ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Sequel

July 5th - via: mediabistro.com
A Kickstarter project pitched as a sequel to Where the Wild Things Are by the late Maurice Sendak has been pulled from the crowdfunding site. (Read More)

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Revisited on Kickstarter

June 26th - via: mediabistro.com
The late children’s book author Maurice Sendak vowed never to write a sequel for Where the Wild Things Are, but Geoffrey O. Todd and Rich Berner are raising money for an illustrated poem inspired by the classic book. (Read More)

322 'Likes' on our Facebook page

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
https://www.facebook.com/BacktotheWildukHi Everyone - hopefully we can turn these 'Likes' into pledges too. Many thanks  (Read More)

Changed the category as this is also a poem

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
From Children's Book to Poetry to extend our reach.  (Read More)

James Gandolfini - RIP

June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We have now lost the voice of Carol from the movie of Where The Wild Things Are. A very sad day, but 'Thank You James'.  (Read More)

Launching an Illustrated Poem on Kickstarter

June 14th - via: sacbee.com
Geoffrey O. Todd (Author) and Rich Berner (Illustrator) have got together to produce a follow-up to the iconic American children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are. Selling over 19 million copies worldwide, it was first published 50 years ago in 1963. Maurice Sendak, the illustrator and author of the original, died in 2012, but he staunchly refused to entertain the idea of a sequel to his classic. (Read More)

The Google Doodle of Max

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Awesome Google doodle yesterday on June 10th to commemorate what would have been Maurice Sendak's 85th birthday. Comments all over the press and media today in recognition. Thank you for the inspiration Maurice Sendak.  (Read More)

Entry level pledge removed

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Just click on the video link above the image of Sophie to hear the whole poem. We want to hear your feedback too and we hope you like it enough to make a pledge. Thank you  (Read More)

Thank you and update on some changes

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone who has already pledged towards bringing the full Back to the Wild experience to life. We have made some small but significant changes that we hope you will like; The project video is updated slightly to include the first verse... (Read More)

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