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Sendak's obituary in The New York Times said that he was "the most important children's book artist of the 20th century." [29] Author Neil Gaiman remarked, "He was unique, grumpy, brilliant, wise, magical and made the world better by creating art in it." [31] Author R. L. Stine called Sendak's death "a sad day in children's books and for the ...
A Very Special House, written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, is a 1953 children's picture book published by HarperCollins. A Very Special House was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1954 and was Sendak's first Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of seven during his career.
In the Night Kitchen is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, first published in hardcover in 1970 by Harper and Row.The book depicts a young boy's dream journey through a surreal baker's kitchen where he assists in the creation of a cake to be ready by the morning.
That experience showed him the mortality and peril of children, which the adult Sendak expressed in many books. Outside Over There draws more specifically from the Lindbergh case. A child is stolen from its crib through a window, accessed by a ladder, and one of the illustrations of the lost baby is a deliberate portrait of the infant Charles ...
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, is a 1962 picture book published by HarperCollins.It was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1963 and was one of Sendak's Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of seven during his career.
Seven Little Monsters is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by American author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. [1] Published by Harper & Row in 1977, it was originally created as an animated short for Sesame Street in 1971 and served as the basis for the Canadian-Chinese-Filipino PBS Kids show of the same name (2000–2003).