Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys, by Stephen James & David Thomas

(Paperback, 368 pages, first published in 2009)

Playing off the themes in the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book Where the Wild Things Are, this informative, practical, and encouraging guide will help parents guide boys down the path to healthy and authentic manhood. Wild Things addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual parts of a boy, written by two therapists who are currently engaged in clinical work with boys and their parents and who are also fathers raising five sons. Contains chapters such as “Sit Still! Pay Attention!”, “Deficits and Disappointments,” and “Rituals, Ceremonies, and Rites of Passage.”