Maurice Sendak, Children's Author Who Upended Tradition, Dies at 83

May 8, 2012 - 8:56am — Blake

Maurice Sendak, Children’s Author Who Upended Tradition, Dies at 83
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 the human psyche, died on Tuesday in Danbury, Conn. He was 83 and lived in Ridgefield, Conn.

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May 8, 2012 - 9:48am — Bibliofuture

Wild Thing: Maurice Sendak and the Worlds of Children's Literatu

Wild Thing: Maurice Sendak and the Worlds of Children's Literature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lducj5nUkrI&feature=related

Maurice Sendak's books, while beloved by kids, are complex meditations on history, psychology, and the power of the human imagination. Professor Seth Lerer, who won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism for his book "Children's Literature: A Reader's History", discusses the literary power of Maurice Sendak and other contemporary children's authors.

May 8, 2012 - 9:51am — Bibliofuture

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Mauric Sendak

May 8, 2012 - 9:54am — Bibliofuture

Copyright

The Youtube video is likely a copyright violation. I assume it will get pulled down soon. (from Youtube) Here is the DVD -- Tell Them Anything You Want

May 8, 2012 - 12:06pm — Anonymous

It's already gone

Link does not work as of 11 AM CDT

May 8, 2012 - 10:04am — Bibliofuture

Remembering Author Maurice Sendak

Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, whose classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are became a perennial and award-winning favorite for generations of children, died on Tuesday. He was 83. Fresh Air remembers Sendak with excerpts from several interviews.

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/08/152248901/fresh-air-remembers-author-maurice-sendak

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