RA Collection: People and Organisations
American illustrator and writer of children’s books. He became widely known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963. Sendak also wrote works such as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, and illustrated many works by other authors including the Little Bear books by Else Holmelund Minarik.
Born: 10 June 1928 in New York
Died: 8 May 2012
Gender: Male
Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Bear / by Else Holmelund Minarik ; pictures by Maurice Sendak - New York: [1957]
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Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Bear's visit / by Else Holmelund Minarik ; pictures by Maurice Sendak - New York: [1961]
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Randall Jarrell
The bat-poet / by Randall Jarrell; pictures by Maurice Sendak - Harmondsworth: 1977
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