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Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak



Born : June 10, 1928 (age 83) Brooklyn, New York
Occupation : Artist, Illustrator, Writer
Nationality : American
Period : 1947 - present
Genres : Children's literature
Notable work : Where the Wild Things Are (1963)
Notable award : Caldecott Medal 

Illustrator Of …
Atomics for the Millions
The Wonderful Farm
Good Shabbos Everybody
A Hole is to Dig
A Very Special House
Hurry Home Candy
The Giant Story
The Tin Fiddle
The Wheel on the School
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
Happy Hanukah Everybody
Little Cow & the Turtle
Singing Family of the Cumberlands
What Can You Do with a Shoe?
Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects
I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue
The Birthday Party
Little Bear
Father Bear Comes Home
Little Bear's Friend
Little Bear's Visit
A Kiss for Little Bear
Along Came a Dog
No Fighting, No Biting!
What Do You Say, Dear?
Seven Tales by H. C. Andersen
The Moon Jumpers
Open House for Butterflies
Best in Children's Books: Volume 31
Best in Children's Books: Volume 41
What Do You Do, Dear?
The Big Green Book
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
The Singing Hill
Dwarf Long-Nose
The Griffin and the Minor Canon
How Little Lori Visited Times Square
She Loves Me...She Loves Me Not...
The Bee-Man of Orn
The Animal Family
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes
Lullabyes and Night Songs
Zlateh The Goat
The Bat-Poet
A House of Sixty Fathers
The Saturday Evening Post: May 4, 1968
I'll Be You and You Be Me
The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm
King Grisly-Beard
Pleasant Fieldmouse
Charlotte and the White Horse
Fly by Night
The Light Princess
Shadrach
The Big Green Book
Nutcracker
The Love for Three Oranges
Circus Girl
In Grandpa's House
The Cunning Little Vixen
Dear Mili
Sing a Song of Popcorn
The Big
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