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Children's writer Maurice Sendak dead at 83

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who is best known for his classic children's books including "Where the Wild Things Are," has died at the age of 83, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. full story

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IMAGES: Artists Create Stunning Tribute To Maurice Sendak

As a tribute to the late Maurice Sendak, some of the best-loved children's illustrators in America are donating original work to be auctioned at BookExpo America. The auction will also include a rare image created by Sendak himself. The 19th Annual Children's Book Art Silent Auction is celebrating the author of Where The Wild Things Are, and all proceeds will be donated to...

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My Brother's Book by Maurice Sendak: review

Maurice Sendak's final posthumous tale, My Brother's Book, is at heart a moral fable for adults.

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Review: Sendak's final book is a tribute to his brother

Maurice Sendak died last May at 83 after years of health problems, but had managed to finish 'My Brother's Book,' published this month. In it, admirers of 'Where the Wild Things Are' and other Sendak stories will recognize its themes of danger, flight and fantasy captured in a dreamy-scary swirl that demonstrates Sendak's debt to William Blake.

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My Brother's Book by Maurice Sendak – review

Maurice Sendak's last book is a beautiful but devastating tribute to his brotherOver a career spanning seven decades, Maurice Sendak illustrated more than 90 books, but when he died last May at the age of 83, tributes were dominated by one: Where the Wild Things Are, which turns 50 this year. The thousands of perfect pen strokes on each of its pages are a far cry from My...

guardian.co.uk (2 months and 23 days ago)

Oliver Jeffers: Maurice Sendak's jumper and me

Where the Wild Things Are's author made a huge impact on me, and it required conscious effort to evade his influenceThere is a reason the character of the Boy in my first picture books wears a red and white stripy jumper, and that reason is Maurice Sendak. Or, more specifically, that reason is an homage to my favorite monster in Sendak's most famous picture book, Where the...

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Rocco Staino: NYC to Name School in Honor Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak, the famed children's book author and illustrator, who passed away on May 7th will be memorialized with a public school named in his honor. On February 8th PS 118 in Park Slope Brooklyn announced on their parents website that their school will be named for the Caldecott Medal winning creator of Where the Wild Things Are. "My 4.5 year old daughter is a little...

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Children's writer Maurice Sendak dead at 83

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