Maurice Sendak is of course the renowned author and illustrator of children’s books such as Where the Wild Things Are (1963) and In the Night Kitchen (1970), but less well-known are his works for ...

Maurice Sendak, "Where the Wild Things Are" (1963), tempera on paper, 9 3/4 inches x 11 inches (all images © The Maurice Sendak Foundation) “I don’t set out to ...

<br>Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em>. Both the text and the illustrations brilliantly capture an angry little ...

The death in May of Maurice Sendak just a month shy of his 84th birthday was greeted throughout the publishing, art and reading world with deep sadness. Sendak, perhaps best known for his book, Where ...

In Ten Little Rabbits, a new posthumous picture book by Maurice Sendak, Mino the Magician waves his wand and, poof, a rabbit appears. Another wave and out springs a second and then a third. By the ...

A Connecticut judge has issued a split, if heavily weighted, decision in the lawsuit that the Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia filed against the Maurice Sendak estate and foundation. The ...

Maurice Sendak, the legendary children’s author, once remarked about his own writing, “I don’t believe in childhood. I don’t believe that there’s a demarcation…. You tell them anything you want. Just ...

Is there anything more evocative of childhood than Maurice Sendak’s description of disgruntled Max — the banished-to-his-room little boy, who has become one of the best-known childhood literary ...

Maurice Sendak had many reasons to be unhappy. He was born to Polish Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn in 1928, and his childhood was defined by the deaths of his extended family in the Holocaust, a loss ...

Five years after his death, acclaimed children’s book author Maurice Sendak is giving readers another gift: a new book, discovered in his home and set for release next year. Sendak is known for his ...

Maurice Sendak’s death was announced Tuesday just a few minutes before I was due at the residential foster home and school where I volunteer, teaching writing to abused teenagers. Sendak, the author ...

A decision has been reached in the lawsuit filed by the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia against the Maurice Sendak estate and foundation. The Rosenbach initiated the action in 2014, ...