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  <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book &lt;i&gt;Where the Wild Things Are&lt;/i&gt;, 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 &lt;i&gt;Fantasia&lt;/i&gt; at the age of twelve. His illustrations were first published in 1947 in a textbook titled &lt;i&gt;Atomics for the Millions&lt;/i&gt; 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.
]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[William Blake, Antoine Watteau, Francisco Goya]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Brooklyn, New York</hometown>  <born_at>06/10/1928</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Where the Wild Things Are]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.47</average_rating>
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  <published>1963</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[In the Night Kitchen]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.23</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1694</ratings_count>
  <published>1970</published>  
  
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        <book id="590552">
  <title><![CDATA[Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.23</average_rating>
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  <published>1962</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.37</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>610</ratings_count>
  <published>1962</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Outside Over There]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.18</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>492</ratings_count>
  <published>1981</published>  
  
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        <book id="120705">
  <title><![CDATA[Alligators All Around]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <published>1969</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Nutshell Library]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <ratings_count>254</ratings_count>
  <published>1962</published>  
  
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        <book id="120695">
  <title><![CDATA[Higglety Pigglety Pop!: Or There Must Be More to Life]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>262</ratings_count>
  <published>1920</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mommy?]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>189</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
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        <book id="252232">
  <title><![CDATA[One Was Johnny: A Counting Book]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.24</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>165</ratings_count>
  <published>1968</published>  
  
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