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Maurice Sendak was born on June 10, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. While in high school, he worked part time as an illustrator for All-American Comics adapting the Mutt and Jeff newspaper comic strip to a comic book format. His first professional illustrations were for a physics textbook, Atomics for the Millions, published in 1947. He later worked as a window-display director for F.A.O. Schwartz while attending night school at the Art Students League. In 1950, he illustrated his first children's book The Wonderful Farm by Marcel Aymé. He wrote his first children's book Kenny's Window in 1956 and went on to become a prolific author-illustrator. His works include Chicken Soup with Rice; In the Night Kitchen; Outside Over There; Higglety Pigglety Pop; The Sign on Rosie's Door; We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy; Brundibar; Bumble Ardy; and My Brother's Book. He received numerous awards including the Caldecott medal for Where The Wild Things Are in 1964, the Hans Christian Andersen International Medal in 1970, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the National Medal of Arts in 1996. Characters from two of his books were the basis of an animated television special, Really Rosie, which first aired in 1975. He was also the set designer and lyricist for a subsequent off-Broadway musical of the same title. He was the lyricist, as well as the set and costume designer, for the original production of an opera based on Where The Wild Things Are in 1980. In addition, he has designed sets and costumes for performances of operas by Mozart, Prokofiev, and other classical composers. He died due to complications from a recent stroke on May 8, 2012 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Where the Wild Things Are… (more)
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In the Night Kitchen 2,669 copies, 116 reviews
Outside Over There 1,055 copies, 45 reviews
Alligators All Around: An Alphabet 676 copies, 22 reviews
Mommy? 447 copies, 22 reviews
One Was Johnny: A Counting Book 403 copies, 9 reviews
The Sign on Rosie's Door 264 copies, 10 reviews
My Brother's Book 258 copies, 13 reviews
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Open House for Butterflies 186 copies, 6 reviews
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Very Far Away 76 copies, 6 reviews
Mickey Mouse Movie Stories 27 copies, 1 review
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No Fighting, No Biting! (Illustrator) 839 copies, 4 reviews
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Dear Mili (Illustrator) 713 copies, 20 reviews
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Maurice Bernard Sendak (June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.
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