It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut--June 10, 1928. Sendak was crazy about cartoons and comic books, and at twelve, after seeing Disney's Fantasia, he decided that he was going to become an illustrator. His love of childrens books began early: often sick and confined to bed, little Maurice read and read and read. Though many of his own stories were light and funny, the most important ones--Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There--dealt with anger, jealousy, abandonment, content that had never before been the subject of picture books. As well as covering career highlights, this easy to read, illustrated biography also describes the personal life of this genius. Who Was Maurice Sendak is perfect for kids wild about one of the most influential children's book artists of the twentieth century!
Janet B. Pascal is the Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak?, Who Was Abraham Lincoln?, What Is the Panama Canal?, and What Was the Hindenburg?
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448465005
Lexile Measure
820
Guided Reading Level
16
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
June 20, 2013
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
Library of Congress categories
United States 20th century Illustrators Authors, American Authorship JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp Children's stories Sendak, Maurice
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