Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak 's books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There , Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library . In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he...See more
Maurice Sendak 's books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There , Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library . In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003 Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government. See less
Maurice Sendak's Featured Books
Maurice Sendak book reviews
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Brooklyn Pops Up
masterwork
by ruud r, Sep 11, 2014
Brooklyn Pops Up is a book that every pop-up collector must have in his or her collection. It is the catalogue of the 2000 exhibition about The JHistory and Art of the Movable Book' in the Brooklyn ... Read More
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George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends
George & Martha are the BEST!
by Glenna M, Mar 14, 2013
This is my 2 1/2 year old grandson's favorite book. We started with a coulpe of individual books from the library, which we read " a million times." When we found the compilation of all the books, I ... Read More
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Where The Wild Things Are
Wildly Wonderful
by amybug, Oct 7, 2012
Where the wild things are, is a wildly wonderful book. The kids that read this get to use their imagination on what the wild things look like and how they would move and moan and grown. I love that ... Read More