Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children's book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of
In Sendak's books, mothers get mad at their (misbehaving) children and are sometimes just not around. These can be the stuff of childhood bad dreams. The New York Times's obituary of Sendak, who died May 8 at the age of 83, indeed dubbed him the
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
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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
