Columbus art museum debuts major Maurice Sendak exhibit
October 27, 2022 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Most people today know artist Maurice Sendak as the creator of children's book classics such as “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen.” A new exhibition of his work looks at that reputation and a less well-known side of his immense output: his work as a designer for opera, theater, film, and television.
‘Read, Lead, Succeed’ at CCSL
November 25, 2018 GMTKindergarten students at Collegiate Charter School of Lowell show the classic book they're reading, Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," as part of the school's "Read, Lead, Succeed" literacy campaign.
‘Where Wild Things Are’ author Maurice Sendak dies
May 9, 2012 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood.
"I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people," he explained to The Associated Press last fall.
Recalling Sendak’s ‘dark and clear-eyed view’
May 8, 2012 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak's closest friends gathered in his hospital room — playwright Tony Kushner, authors Brian Selznick and Gregory Maguire. Kushner brought jellybeans, while Maguire placed a picture of Lewis Carroll on the table beside Sendak's bed.