Maurice Sendak, who has died aged 83, was one of the great writers and illustrators of children's literature. His imagination was deeply rooted in his own vividly remembered childhood and there is a powerful dreamlike quality to his work.
13 May 2012 Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 Helped Redefine Children's Literature TO DOWNLOAD the MP3 of this story, click on the MP3 link in the upper right corner of the page. Double-click any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's
To be honest, plot development and complex narrative were of no import to Sendak when he wrote. Boy leaves home. Boy meets Wild Things. Boy comes back. If anything, it was the lack of narrative "value" that stuck out. Max didn't learn a lesson,
Stephen T. Colbert interviewed Maurice Sendak. Here's the clip… keep in mind that the real Stephen Colbert (with no silent "T" in Colbert) tells his interview guests before the interview that he, Colbert, plays "an idiot, and your
By VALERIE J. NELSON LOS ANGELES - Maurice Sendak, the children's book illustrator and author whose unsentimental approach to storytelling revolutionized the genre and whose best-known tale was the dark fantasy "Where the Wild Things Are," has died.
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