Maurice Sendak, who has died aged 83, was one of the great writers and illustrators of children's literature. His imagination was deeply rooted in his own vividly remembered childhood and there is a powerful dreamlike quality to his work. Start your weekend off with a little eye candy. We've given you backpacks made out of [...]
I remember the first time I saw a Maurice Sendak book. It was In The Night Kitchen. I was eleven or twelve, and had been given a small allowance by my parents to buy my littlest sister, who did not read, books, if I would read In Sendak's books, mothers get mad at their (misbehaving) [...]
Maurice Sendak celebrated life, but not through rose-colored glasses. And in a world increasingly occupied by naïve idealists and cold-hearted cynics, his was a remarkable capacity. Maybe that's why he loved writing for kids — readers who have not yet By Stephen M. Silverman Maurice Sendak, the curmudgeonly and wildly successful children's book illustrator and [...]
Children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, has died. He was 83. Children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, has died. He was 83. Maurice Sendak (left) and Kent Stowell with Company dancers during "Nutcracker" world premiere curtain call. [...]
From PBS: American Masters, 2007, About Maurice Sendak. Click here for article and viewer responses. Maurice Sendak and I are contemporaries, he three months my senior. We're both illustrators and sons of men who This special event is in preparation for their spring production of Brundibár and also coincides with the exhibit In a Nutshell: [...]
