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The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to Present
Maurice Sendak is one of most admired artists in children's literature. His uniquely expressive illustrations, which bring to life a world of fantasy and imagination, have won him the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Caldecott Medal, and most recently the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature in 2003.
Picking up where Selma Lanes's earlier, landmark monograph, The...more
Picking up where Selma Lanes's earlier, landmark monograph, The...more
Hardcover
Published
December 2003
by HNA Books
(first published 2003)
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I didn’t fully appreciate him until becoming an adult, perhaps proving his argument that he wasn’t the children’s author that people always thought. Like lots of people, i was raised on “Where the Wild Things Are” and used the term “wild rumpus” as often as possible but never took the effort to search out his other works. Not until a few years ago did i discover this wonderful book about him, written by none other than Tony Kushner (author of the play Ange...more
I didn’t fully appreciate him until becoming an adult, perhaps proving his argument that he wasn’t the children’s author that people always thought. Like lots of people, i was raised on “Where the Wild Things Are” and used the term “wild rumpus” as often as possible but never took the effort to search out his other works. Not until a few years ago did i discover this wonderful book about him, written by none other than Tony Kushner (author of the play Ange...more
It's like reading an extended book (life) review of a friend from a dear friend, subjective and deeply considered. Kushner manages to create a pretty great introduction for any adult looking to dig deeper into Sendak's work. I was totally clueless about all of Sendak's opera life and its influence on his later books and just.. I dunno, this book fills in the gaps. Sendak's love of Mozart, all his great artistic loves. The text sent me spiraling back to Sendak's earliest stuff and my earliest stu...more
I would give this a five for the information and illustrations, but I don't like it much when an author wastes 90% of their book pontificating.
Lots of Sendak art reproductions and texts describing them, their production and their reasons for being. A beautiful book. 4/15/2013
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Maurice Bernard Sendak is 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 Wal...more
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Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents, and decided to become an illustrator after viewing Wal...more
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