S. A. Dance is a high school English teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. His writing has appeared in The Federalist, Christian Research Journal, and Quillette.

Where the Wild Things Are: Max, the Prodigal Son, and Us

But in Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak does not simply recast the Prodigal Son as a children’s fable. The book is art.

Redeeming Princess Culture

Whether Disney or its critics realize it, Christian virtues and gospel themes abound in these princess films.