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Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer
Writer

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 and illustrator
Illustrator

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 of children's literature
Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve and is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres....
 who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a children's picture book originally published by Harper & Row. The book is about the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is punished for "making mischief" by being sent to his room without supper....
, published in 1963. An elementary school (from kindergarten to grade five) in North Hollywood, California
California

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, is named in his honor.

Sendak was born in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York

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, to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents, and decided to become an illustrator after viewing Walt Disney
Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
's film Fantasia
Fantasia (film)

Fantasia is a 1940 in film List of animated feature-length films produced by Walt Disney, and is the third film in the List of Disney theatrical animated features#official canon....
 at the age of twelve.






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Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and illustrator
Illustrator

An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text....
 of children's literature
Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve and is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres....
 who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a children's picture book originally published by Harper & Row. The book is about the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is punished for "making mischief" by being sent to his room without supper....
, published in 1963. An elementary school (from kindergarten to grade five) in North Hollywood, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, is named in his honor.

Sendak was born in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents, and decided to become an illustrator after viewing Walt Disney
Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
's film Fantasia
Fantasia (film)

Fantasia is a 1940 in film List of animated feature-length films produced by Walt Disney, and is the third film in the List of Disney theatrical animated features#official canon....
 at the age of twelve. His illustrations were first published in 1947 in a textbook titled Atomics for the Millions by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff. He spent much of the 1950s working as an artist for children's books, before beginning to write his own stories.

Work

Sendak gained international acclaim after writing and illustrating Where the Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a children's picture book originally published by Harper & Row. The book is about the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is punished for "making mischief" by being sent to his room without supper....
, though the book's depictions of fanged monsters concerned some parents when it was first released, as his characters were somewhat grotesque
Grotesque

When in conversation, grotesque commonly means strange, fantastic, ugly or bizarre, and thus is often used to describe weird shapes and distorted forms such as Halloween masks or gargoyles on churches....
 in appearance. Sendak's seeming attraction to the forbidden or nightmarish aspects of children's fantasy have made him a subject of controversy. Before Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak was best known for illustrating Else Holmelund Minarik
Else Holmelund Minarik

Else Holmelund Minarik is the author of the Little Bear series of children's books, which were successful as books, and were also made into a successful children's Little Bear ....
's Little Bear
Little Bear (book)

Little Bear is a series of children's books, primarily involving the interaction of Little Bear and Mother Bear . The series was originally published in 1957, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak....
 series of books.

His book In the Night Kitchen
In the Night Kitchen

In the Night Kitchen is a popular and controversial children's picture book, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and first published in 1970....
, first published in 1970, has often been subjected to censorship
Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of freedom of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor....
 for its drawings of a young boy prancing naked through the story. The book has been challenged, and in some instances banned, in several American states including Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
, and Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
.

In the Night Kitchen regularly appears on the American Library Association
American Library Association

The American Library Association is a group based in the United States that promotes library and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 65,000 members....
's list of "frequently challenged and banned books." It was listed number 25 on the "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000."

Sendak was an early member of the National Board of Advisors of the Children's Television Workshop
Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop , is a worldwide United States non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world ....
 during the development stages of the television
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 series Sesame Street
Sesame Street

Sesame Street is an Television in the United States educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both edutainment....
. He also wrote and designed an animated sequence for the series, Bumble Ardy, based on his own book, and with Jim Henson
Jim Henson

'James Maury "Jim" Henson' , was one of the most widely known puppeteers in American television history. He was the creator of The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, and the leading force behind their long run in the television series Sesame Street and The Muppet Show and films such as The Muppet Movie and The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth...
 as the voice of Bumble Ardy.

Sendak produced an animated
Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
 television production based on his work titled Really Rosie
Really Rosie

Really Rosie is a musical theatre with a book and lyrics by Maurice Sendak and music by Carole King. The musical is based on Sendak's books Chicken Soup with Rice, Pierre, One was Johnny, Alligators All Around , and The Sign on Rosie's Door ....
, featuring Carole King
Carole King

Carole King is an United States singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period....
, which was broadcast in 1975 and is available on video (usually as part of video compilations of his work). An album
Album

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 of the songs was also produced. He contributed the opening segment to , a Christmas collection of six animated shorts shown on PBS TV in 1977 and later issued on VHS in 1993. He adapted his book Where the Wild Things Are for the stage in 1979. Additionally, he has designed sets for many operas and ballets, including the award-winning (1983) Pacific Northwest Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet

Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978....
 production of Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
's The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker Op. 71, is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891?92. Alexandre Dumas, p?re's adaptation of the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E....
 , Houston Grand Opera
Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera was founded in 1955 through the joint efforts of Maestro Walter Herbert and Houston cultural leaders Mrs. Louis G. Lobit and Edward Bing....
's productions of Mozart's The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
 (1981) and Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel is a fairy tale of Germanic origin, adapted by the Brothers Grimm and earlier by Giambattista Basile....
 (1997), Los Angeles County Music Center's 1990 production of Mozart's Idomeneo
Idomeneo

Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante is an Italian language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, which had been set to music by Andr? Campra as Idom?n?e in 1712....
, and the New York City Opera
New York City Opera

The New York City Opera was founded in 1943 with the aim of an opera company that would be financially accessible to a wide audience, innovative in its choice of repertory, and a home for United States singers and composers....
's 1981 production of The Cunning Little Vixen
The Cunning Little Vixen

The Cunning Little Vixen is an opera by Leo? Jan?cek, with a libretto adapted by the composer from a serialized novella by Rudolf Tesnohl?dek and Stanislav Lolek, which was first published in the newspaper Lidov? noviny....
.

In the 1990s, Sendak approached playwright Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich ....
 to write a new English version of the Czech
Czech people

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 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 Hans Krása
Hans Krása

Hans Kr?sa was a Bohemian composer who perished in the Holocaust. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp....
's children's opera Brundibar
Brundibár

Brundib?r is a children's opera by Jewish Czechoslovakia composer Hans Kr?sa with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister, originally performed by the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp in occupied Czechoslovakia....
. Kushner wrote the text for Sendak's illustrated book of the same name, published in 2003. The book was named one of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Illustrated Books of that year.

In 2003, Chicago Opera Theatre produced Sendak and Kushner's adaptation of Brundibar. In 2005 Berkeley Repertory Theatre, in collaboration with Yale
YALE

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 Repertory Theater and Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
's New Victory Theater, produced a substantially reworked version of the Sendak-Kushner adaptation.

He also created the children's television program Seven Little Monsters
Seven Little Monsters

Seven Little Monsters is a children' television program about a family of seven monsters and their mother. The series is created by Maurice Sendak, and directed by Neil Affleck, Lynn Reist, and Glen Sylvester....
.

Personal

Sendak mentioned in a September, 2008 article in The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 that he is gay
Gay

The term gay was originally used, until well into the mid-20th century, primarily to refer to feelings of being "carefree," "happy," or "bright and showy"; it had also come to acquire some connotations of "immorality" as early as 1637....
, and had been living with his partner, psychoanalyst Eugene Glynn, from 1957 until Dr. Glynn’s death in May 2007. Revealing that he never told his parents, he said, "All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew." Sendak's relationship with Glynn had been mentioned by other writers before (e.g., by Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich ....
 in 2003) but his sexuality wasn't widely known before the New York Times article.

The Maurice Sendak Collection at The Rosenbach Museum & Library

Maurice Sendak chose the Rosenbach Museum & Library
Rosenbach Museum & Library

The Rosenbach Museum & Library is located within two 19th-century townhouses at 2008 and 2010 Delancey Place in the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
 in Philadelphia, PA to be the repository for his work in the early 1970s thanks to shared literary and collecting interests. His collection of nearly 10,000 works of art, manuscripts, books and ephemera, has been the subject of many exhibitions at the Rosenbach and has been enjoyed by visitors of all ages. Sendak once praised Herman Melville
Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. His first three books gained much attention, the first becoming a bestseller, but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime....
’s writings, saying, “There’s a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.” From May 6, 2008, through May 3, 2009, the Rosenbach will present There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak. This major retrospective of over 130 pieces pulled from the museum’s vast Sendak collection—the biggest collection of Sendakiana in the world—is the largest and most ambitious exhibition of Sendak’s work ever created and will feature original artwork, rare sketches, never-before-seen working materials, and exclusive interview footage. The exhibition will draw on a total of over 300 objects, with new works on display every four months, providing a unique experience with each set of illustrations.

Exhibition highlights include the following:
  • Original color artwork from books such as Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, The Nutshell Library, Outside Over There, and Brundibar.
  • “Dummy” books filled with lively preliminary sketches for titles like The Sign on Rosie’s Door, Pierre, and Higglety, Pigglety, Pop!
  • Never-before-seen working materials, such as newspaper clippings that inspired Sendak, family portraits, photographs of child models and other ephemera.
  • Rare sketches for unpublished editions of stories such as Tolkien’s The Hobbit and Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, and other illustrating projects.
  • Unique materials from the Rosenbach collection that relate to Sendak’s work, including an 1853 edition of the tales of the Brothers Grimm, sketches by William Blake, and Herman Melville’s bookcase.
  • Stories told by the master illustrator himself on topics like Alice in Wonderland, his struggle to illustrate his favorite novels, hilarious stories of Brooklyn, and the way his work helps him exorcise childhood traumas.


Awards

Where the Wild Things Are won the 1964 Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year....
. In 1970 he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award
Hans Christian Andersen Award

The Hans Christian Andersen Award, sometimes known as the "Little Nobel Prize in Literature", is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature"....
 for children's book illustration, and in 2003 he shared the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is a Sweden children's literature award, established by the Government of Sweden in 2002 in honour of the Sweden children's books writer Astrid Lindgren....
 with Christine Nöstlinger
Christine Nöstlinger

Christine N?stlinger is an Austrian writer.By her own admission, N?stlinger was a wild and angry child. After finishing high school, she wanted to become an artist, and studied graphic arts at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna....
, the first time it was awarded.

Film

A live-action feature-length film of Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are (film)

Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 film adaptation of the Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are. The film will be directed by Spike Jonze and written by Dave Eggers....
 is planned for 2009, to be directed by Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze is an United States film director of Music video and commercials, and an Academy Award-nominated director and film producer in film and television, most notably the 1999 film Being John Malkovich and the 2002 in film Adaptation., both written by Charlie Kaufman....
 and a screenplay by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers is an United States writer, Editing, and Publishing....
, Michael Goldenberg
Michael Goldenberg

Michael Goldenberg is an American playwright and more recently a Hollywood screenwriter and film director.Goldenberg was the screenwriter and director of Bed of Roses in 1996....
 and Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze is an United States film director of Music video and commercials, and an Academy Award-nominated director and film producer in film and television, most notably the 1999 film Being John Malkovich and the 2002 in film Adaptation., both written by Charlie Kaufman....
.

Partial bibliography

  • Kenny's Window (1956)
  • Very Far Away (1957)
  • The Sign On Rosie's Door (1960)
  • The Nutshell Library (1962)
    • Chicken Soup with Rice (A Book of Months)
    • Alligators All Around (An Alphabet)
    • One Was Johnny (A Counting Book)
    • Pierre (A Cautionary Tale)
  • Where the Wild Things Are
    Where The Wild Things Are

    Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a children's picture book originally published by Harper & Row. The book is about the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is punished for "making mischief" by being sent to his room without supper....
     (1963)
  • In the Night Kitchen
    In the Night Kitchen

    In the Night Kitchen is a popular and controversial children's picture book, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and first published in 1970....
     (1970)
  • Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book With Mino The Magician (1970)
  • Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? (written by Maurice Sendak & Matthew Margolis and illustrated by Maurice Sendak) (1976)
  • Seven Little Monsters' (1977)
  • Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Or: There Must be More to Life (1967) ISBN 0-06-028479-X
  • Fantasy Sketches (1981)
  • Outside Over There (1981)
  • We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures (Harper Collins) (1983)
  • Singing Family of the Cumberlands (written by Jean Ritchie
    Jean Ritchie

    Jean Ritchie is an United States folk music singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player....
    )
  • Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery (1995) (a box with a Book and a Jigsaw Puzzle)
  • Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes
  • Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures (1990)
  • Mommy? (Maurice Sendak's first Pop-up book
    Pop-up book

    The epithet pop-up is often applied to any three-dimensional space or movable book, although properly the umbrella term movable book covers pop-ups, transformations, tunnel books, volvelles, flaps, pull-tabs, pop-outs, pull-downs, and more, each of which performs in a different manner....
    ) (2006) ISBN 0-439-88050-5


Partial bibliography as illustrator

  • Atomics for the Millions (by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff) (1947)
  • The Wonderful Farm (by Marcel Aymé
    Marcel Aymé

    Marcel Aym? was a France novelist, children's writer , humour writer and also a movie and theater playwright....
    ) (1951)
  • Good Shabbos Everybody (by Robert Garvey
    Robert Garvey

    Robert Garvey was a Jewish author....
    ) (1951)
  • A Hole is to Dig (written by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (1952)
  • A Very Special House (written by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (1953)
  • The Tin Fiddle (written by Edward Tripp
    Edward Tripp

    Edward Tripp is a children's literature author. He is best known for his books The Tin Fiddle and The New Tuba . He died in 1999 at the age of 72. ...
    ) (1954)
  • The Wheel On the School (written by Meindert DeJong
    Meindert DeJong

    Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands....
    ) (1954)
  • Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm (written by Betty MacDonald
    Betty MacDonald

    'Betty MacDonald' was an American author who specialized in humorous autobiography, and is best known for her book The Egg and I. She also wrote the Mrs....
    ) (1954)
  • Little Cow & the Turtle (written by Meindert DeJong
    Meindert DeJong

    Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands....
    ) (1955)
  • What Can You Do With A Shoe? (written by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
    Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

    Beatrice Schenk de Regniers was a children's literature author. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana and studied social work administration at the University of Chicago, earning her M.Ed....
    ) (1955 recolored in 1997)
  • Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects (written by Gladys Baker Bond) (1955)
  • I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue (written by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (1956)
  • The Birthday Party (by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (1957)
  • Little Bear
    Little Bear (book)

    Little Bear is a series of children's books, primarily involving the interaction of Little Bear and Mother Bear . The series was originally published in 1957, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak....
    , written by Else Holmelund Minarik
    Else Holmelund Minarik

    Else Holmelund Minarik is the author of the Little Bear series of children's books, which were successful as books, and were also made into a successful children's Little Bear ....
     and illustrated by Maurice Sendak (there was also a TV series
    Little Bear (TV series)

    Little Bear is a children's television series. Originally produced by Nelvana for Nickelodeon , it currently airs on Treehouse TV in Canada and Noggin in the United States....
     based on this series of books)
    • Little Bear
      Little Bear (book)

      Little Bear is a series of children's books, primarily involving the interaction of Little Bear and Mother Bear . The series was originally published in 1957, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak....
       (1957)
    • Father Bear Comes Home (1959)
    • Little Bear's Friend (1960)
    • Little Bear's Visit (1961)
    • A Kiss for Little Bear (1968)
  • Along Came A Dog (by Meindert DeJong
    Meindert DeJong

    Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands....
    ) (1958)
  • No Fighting, No Biting! (written by Else Holmelund Minarik
    Else Holmelund Minarik

    Else Holmelund Minarik is the author of the Little Bear series of children's books, which were successful as books, and were also made into a successful children's Little Bear ....
    )(1958)
  • What Do You Say, Dear? (written by Sesyle Joslin
    Sesyle Joslin

    Sesyle Joslin is a children's literature author. Sesyle's book What Do You Say, Dear? was illustrated by Maurice Sendak and it was a Caldecott Medal book in 1959....
    ) (1958)
  • Seven Tales by H. C. Anderson (translated by Eva Le Gallienne
    Eva Le Gallienne

    Eva Le Gallienne was a well-known actress, Theatrical producer, and Theatre direction, during the first half of the 20th century....
    ) (1959)
  • The Moon Jumpers (text by Janice May Udry)(1959)
  • Open House For Butterflies (by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (1960)
  • Best in Children's Books: Volume 31 (various authors and illustrators: featuring, Windy Wash Day and Other Poems by Dorothy Aldis
    Dorothy Aldis

    Dorothy Aldis was a children's literature author and poet....
     with illustrations by Maurice Sendak) (1960)
  • Best in Children's Books: Volume 35 (various authors and illustrators: featuring, Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
    Margery Williams

    Margery Williams Bianco was an England-United States author, primarily of popular children's books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of the classic that is her best-known work, The Velveteen Rabbit....
     with illustrations by Maurice Sendak) (1960)
  • Best in Children's Books: Volume 41 (various authors and illustrators: featuring, What the Good-Man Does Is Always Right by Hans Christian Andersen
    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen , also known as simply H. C. Andersen ); was a Denmark author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Red Shoes "....
     with illustrations by Maurice Sendak) (1961)
  • What Do You Do, Dear? (written by Sesyle Joslin
    Sesyle Joslin

    Sesyle Joslin is a children's literature author. Sesyle's book What Do You Say, Dear? was illustrated by Maurice Sendak and it was a Caldecott Medal book in 1959....
    ) (1961)
  • The Big Green Book (written by Robert Graves
    Robert Graves

    Robert Ranke Graves was an England poet, translator and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke, a niece of the famous German historian Leopold von Ranke....
    ) (1962)
  • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (written by Charlotte Zolotow
    Charlotte Zolotow

    Charlotte Zolotow is an United States author, poet, editor, and publisher of many books for children.She has been published by more than 20 different houses ....
    ) (1962)
  • The Singing Hill (Written by Meindert DeJong
    Meindert DeJong

    Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands....
    ) (1962) (Harper Row)
  • Dwarf Long-Nose (by Wilhelm Hauff
    Wilhelm Hauff

    Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist....
    , translated by Doris Orgel
    Doris Orgel

    Doris Orgel is a children's literature author. She was born Doris Adelberg in Vienna, Austria February 15, 1929. She currently lives in New York City and is a full time Children's author....
    ) (1963)
  • The Griffin and the Minor Canon (by Frank R. Stockton
    Frank R. Stockton

    Frank Richard Stockton was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century....
    ) (1963)
  • How Little Lori Visited Times Square (by Amos Vogel
    Amos Vogel

    Amos Vogel is among the most influential cineasts of the 20th century. He is best known for his book Film as a Subversive Art , still among the most unorthodox film histories ever published, and as the founder of the New York City avantgarde cin?-club Cinema 16 , where he was the first programmer to present films by Roman Polanski, Joh...
    ) (1963)
  • She Loves Me...She Loves Me Not... (written by Robert Keeshan AKA Captain Kangaroo
    Captain Kangaroo

    Captain Kangaroo was a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the United States television network CBS from 1955 until 1984....
    ) (1963)
  • McCall's
    McCall's

    McCall's was a monthly United States women's magazine that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of six million in 1960....
    : August 1964; VOL XCI, No 11 (featuring The Young Crane by Andrejs Upits
    Andrejs Upits

    Andrejs Upits was a Latvian teacher, poet, short story writer, Communist polemicist....
     and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak)
  • The Bee-Man of Orn (by Frank R. Stockton
    Frank R. Stockton

    Frank Richard Stockton was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century....
    ) (1964)
  • The Animal Family (by Randall Jarrell
    Randall Jarrell

    Randall Jarrell was an American poet, novelist, critic, children's author and essayist....
    ) (1965)
  • Lullabyes and Night Songs (by Alec Wilder
    Alec Wilder

    Alec Wilder was an United States composer.His family was prominent in Rochester; a downtown building bears the family's name. As a young boy, he travelled to New York City with his mother and stayed at the Algonquin Hotel....
     and edited by William Engvick
    William Engvick

    "William Engvick" is an American lyricist.Many of his songs were collaborations with Alec Wilder, including the score for the semi-forgotten musical television special Pinocchio ....
     (1965)
  • Zlateh The Goat (written by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Isaac Bashevis Singer

    Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Nobel Prize in literature-winning Poland-born United States author and one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literature movement....
    ) (1966)
  • The Bat-Poet (by Randall Jarrell
    Randall Jarrell

    Randall Jarrell was an American poet, novelist, critic, children's author and essayist....
    ) (1966)
  • A House of Sixty Fathers (written by Meindert De Jong (1966)
  • The Saturday Evening Post
    The Saturday Evening Post

    The Saturday Evening Post is today a bi-monthly magazine. While the publication traces its historical roots to Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania Gazette first published in 1728, The Saturday Evening Post, rechristened under new ownership, launched onto the American scene in 1821 as a four-page newspaper and eventually became t...
    : May 4, 1968; 241st year, issue no. 9 (features Yash The Chimney Sweep by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Isaac Bashevis Singer

    Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Nobel Prize in literature-winning Poland-born United States author and one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literature movement....
     and is illustrated by Maurice Sendak)
  • Happy Hanukah Everybody (written by Hyman Chanover
    Hyman Chanover

    Hyman Chanover is a Jewish author. His book Happy Hanukah Everybody was illustrated by Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Maurice Sendak....
     & Alice Chanover) (1969)
  • Hurry Home Candy (written by Meindert DeJong
    Meindert DeJong

    Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands....
    ) (1971)
  • I'll Be you and You be Me (written by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (1973)
  • The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm: Volumes 1 & 2 (Translated by Lore Segal
    Lore Segal

    Lore Segal , is an American novelist, translator, teacher, and author of children?s books. Born "Lore Groszmann" in Vienna, Austria, she was among the children who fled to England without their parents via the Kindertransport rescue mission in 1939 with the advent the Nazi rule....
     with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell
    Randall Jarrell

    Randall Jarrell was an American poet, novelist, critic, children's author and essayist....
    ) (1973 both volumes)
  • King Grisly-Beard (by Brothers Grimm
    Brothers Grimm

    The Brothers Grimm , Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were Germans academics who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales and for their work in linguistics, relating to how the sounds in words shift over time ....
    ) (1973)
  • Pleasant Fieldmouse (by Jan Wahl
    Jan Wahl

    Jan Boyer Wahl is an American children's book author.Jan was born in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio. His father is physician Russell Rothenberger, and his mother is Nina Marie Boyer Wahl....
    ) (1975)
  • Charlotte and the White Horse (by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (1955)
  • Fly by Night (by Randall Jarrell
    Randall Jarrell

    Randall Jarrell was an American poet, novelist, critic, children's author and essayist....
    ) (1976)
  • The Light Princess (by George MacDonald
    George MacDonald

    George MacDonald was a Scotland author, poet, and Christian minister.Though no longer well known, his works have inspired admiration in such notables as W....
    ) (1977)
  • Shadrach (by Meindert Dejong
    Meindert DeJong

    Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands....
    ) (1977)
  • Nutcracker (written by E.T.A. Hoffmann
    E.T.A. Hoffmann

    Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann , better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann , was a Germany Romanticism author of fantasy and Horror fiction, a jurist, composer, music critic, drawing and caricature....
    ) (1984)
  • The Love For Three Oranges (The Glyndebourne Version written by Frank Corsaro
    Frank Corsaro

    Frank Corsaro is one of America's foremost stage directors of opera and theatre. His Broadway productions include The Night of the Iguana ....
     based on     L'Amour des Trois Oranges (by Serge Prokofiev) (1984)
  • Circus Girl (by Jack Sendak
    Jack Sendak

    Jack Sendak was a children's literature author. He is the brother of Maurice Sendak and the son of Philip Sendak....
    ) (1985)
  • In Grandpa's House (by Philip Sendak
    Philip Sendak

    Philip Sendak is a children's literature author. He is best known as the father of Caldecott Medal winner Maurice Sendak and children's author Jack Sendak....
    ) (1985)
  • The Cunning Little Vixen (by Rudolf Tesnohlidek
    Rudolf Tesnohlídek

    Rudolf Tesnohl?dek was a Czechs writer, journalist and translator. He also used the pseudonym Arno?t Bellis....
    ) (1985)
  • Dear Mili (written by Wilhelm Grimm
    Wilhelm Grimm

    Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German Confederation author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.He was born in Hanau, Germany and in 1803 he started studying law at the University of Marburg, one year after his brother Jacob Grimm started there....
    ) (1988)
  • Sing a Song of Popcorn (by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
    Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

    Beatrice Schenk de Regniers was a children's literature author. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana and studied social work administration at the University of Chicago, earning her M.Ed....
     with various illustrators including Maurice Sendak) (1988)
  • The Big Book for Peace (by various authors and illustrators, cover also by Maurice Sendak) (1990)
  • I Saw Esau (edited by Iona Opie and Peter Opie) (1992)
  • The Golden Key (by George MacDonald
    George MacDonald

    George MacDonald was a Scotland author, poet, and Christian minister.Though no longer well known, his works have inspired admiration in such notables as W....
    ) (1992) ISBN 0-374-42590-6
  • The Miami Giant (written by Arthur Yorinks
    Arthur Yorinks

    Arthur Yorinks has written and directed for opera, theater, dance, film, and radio and is the author of over thirty acclaimed and award-winning books, including the Caldecott Medal winner, Hey, Al....
    ) (1995)
  • Frank and Joey Go to Work (by Arthur Yorinks
    Arthur Yorinks

    Arthur Yorinks has written and directed for opera, theater, dance, film, and radio and is the author of over thirty acclaimed and award-winning books, including the Caldecott Medal winner, Hey, Al....
     also has additional illustrations by Ky Chung (1996)
  • Penthesilea (written by Heinrich von Kleist
    Heinrich von Kleist

    Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him....
     and Translated and Introduced by Joel Agee) (1998)
  • Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (by Ursula Nordstrom
    Ursula Nordstrom

    Ursula Nordstrom was publisher and editor in chief of juvenile books at HarperCollins from 1940 to 1973. She also authored the 1972 children's book The Secret Language....
     - Author, Leonard S. Marcus - Editor) ISBN 0-060-23625-6
  • Swine Lake (written by James Marshall
    James Marshall

    James Marshall may refer to:*James W. Marshall , discovered gold in California in 1848*James Marshall , Victoria Cross recipient*James Marshall , American television producer and director...
    ) (1999)
  • Brundibar (written by Tony Kushner
    Tony Kushner

    Tony Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich ....
    ) (2003)
  • Sarah's Room (written by Doris Orgel
    Doris Orgel

    Doris Orgel is a children's literature author. She was born Doris Adelberg in Vienna, Austria February 15, 1929. She currently lives in New York City and is a full time Children's author....
    ) (2003)
  • The Happy Rain (written by Jack Sendak
    Jack Sendak

    Jack Sendak was a children's literature author. He is the brother of Maurice Sendak and the son of Philip Sendak....
    ) (2004)
  • Bears! (by Ruth Krauss
    Ruth Krauss

    Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most beloved being The Carrot Seed. Krauss is a graduate of the Parson's School of Fine Applied Art....
    ) (2005)


Collections

  • The Art Of Maurice Sendak (By Selma G. Lanes) (1980)
  • The Art Of Maurice Sendak: From 1980 to the Present (by Tony Kushner
    Tony Kushner

    Tony Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich ....
    ) (2003)


External links

  • from the Northwestern University Library in free streaming video (RealVideo
    RealVideo

    RealVideo is a proprietary format video format developed by RealNetworks. It was first released in 1997 and is at version 11. RealVideo is supported on many platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, and several mobile phones....
    )
  • A one-minute video clip
  • A seventeen-minute audio interview
  • Exhibition space for Sendak drawings