New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Lounge invited ten writers, illustrators, editors and publishers to tell us about a book that mattered to them. They may have read it growing up or discovered it as an adult but it is one they want every child to read.

RUN WILD, RUN FREE, RUN HOMEMANJULA PADMANABHAN

Where the Wild Things Are (1963)Written & illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Max is naughty. He's sent to bed without supper. So he runs off to where the Wild Things are. Has a grand time. When he tires of having fun, he returns to his room. And his supper ". is still hot." The drawings show us gloriously comic monsters. Fearsome horns, teeth and tails! Some have human feet, some have friendly eyes. The sublime twist of the tale is packed into those final w...