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From the archive, 25 May 1982: Fairy tales from New York
Sendak's first job was drawing the puffs of dust that show how fast the characters in Mutt and Jeff strip cartoons are moving. It was wartime, he was too young for the forces, it was a great chance for a promising lad. All the same, he rues the memory, up 5/24/13 from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Recap: Where The Wild Things Are Gala In DC To Benefit Reading Is Fundamental
joined teh “wild rumpus” to party with Max at the 2013 Where The Wild Things Are Gala to benefit Reading Is Fundamental. Maurice Sendak’s iconic book came to life as the Four Seasons of Washington, D.C., was transformed into a jungle where any wild thing would from Ask Miss A Read more »
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Maurice Sendak and 'Where the Wild Things Are' honored in San Francisco
Sendak, the author that brought us the imaginative book ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, is being exhibited with numerous pieces of his work at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco’s Presidio. The exhibition is titled ‘Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, from KTVU Read more »
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Cannon: Never too grown-up for picture books
a month I have the very real privilege of sharing picture books — books such as Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak — with residents of a neighborhood care facility. The residents are capable of varying degrees of cognition. Some of them are as sharp from Salt Lake Tribune Read more »
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Tom Healy: Magpies and Wild Things
one year ago today, May 8, 2012. But he'd lived a rich, full life. All of you actually know this neighbor of ours. He was Maurice Sendak . All of us know and love his work--with its dark, but loving stories of children confronting their feelings--being afraid, from The Huffington Post Read more »
