Maurice Sendak (Author of Where the Wild Things Are)

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Maurice Sendak

Born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

June 10, 1928

Died

May 08, 2012

Genre

Arts & Photography, Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

William Blake, Antoine Watteau, Francisco Goya, Winsor McCay ...more

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Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. An elementary school (from kindergarten to grade five) in North Hollywood, California is named in his honor.

Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents, and decided to become an illustrator after viewing Walt Disney's film Fantasia 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.
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Average rating: 4.23 · 1,578,715 ratings · 37,609 reviews · 388 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Where the Wild Things Are 4.25 avg rating — 1,037,069 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months 4.24 avg rating — 30,396 ratings — published 1962 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Night Kitchen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18,660 ratings — published 1970 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue 4.28 avg rating — 9,714 ratings — published 1962 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outside Over There 3.87 avg rating — 3,958 ratings — published 1981 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nutshell Library: Alligators all around / Chicken Soup With Rice / One was Johnny / Pierre 4.58 avg rating — 2,383 ratings — published 1962 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alligators All Around 4.06 avg rating — 2,517 ratings — published 1962 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life 4.19 avg rating — 1,834 ratings — published 1967 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Was Johnny: A Counting Book 4.18 avg rating — 1,531 ratings — published 1962 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Brother's Book by Maurice Sendak, Stephen Greenblatt (Foreword) 3.65 avg rating — 1,548 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Maurice Sendak (?)

“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

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“Let the wild rumpus start!”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

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“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children鈥檚 letters 鈥� sometimes very hastily 鈥� but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, 鈥淒ear Jim: I loved your card.鈥� Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, 鈥淛im loved your card so much he ate it.鈥� That to me was one of the highest compliments I鈥檝e ever received. He didn鈥檛 care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
― Maurice Sendak

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What frequently challenged or banned book (or book about censorship) for children and/or young adults should we read in June and July 2014?

[Note: Any book on this list that is out of print is available used at a cheap price on Amazon and other online retailers. If that book is chosen and you can't find it in your library and you can't afford it, please contact me and I will make sure you get a copy.]

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

32 votes, 33.7%

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book by Nat Hentoff

20 votes, 21.1%

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

19 votes, 20.0%

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

12 votes, 12.6%

Boys And Sex by Wardell B. Pomeroy

12 votes, 12.6%

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