maurice sendak
Maurice Sendak was born June 10, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were poor immigrants from Poland who came to America before World War I. Many of his relatives died in the Holocaust, and this was an important influence upon his childhood. His parents were always upset about the relatives they had lost and the cloud of death was always in the air. He even drew the faces of some of his relatives who died in the Holocaust in Isaac Bashevis Singer's Zlateh the Goat. Sendak is the youngest of three children. He was also a very sickly child, who always caught pneumonia or some sort of illness. He grew up under the constant fear of his own death. His mother was very concerned, and always kept a watchful eye over him. For this reason, many of Sendak's books have a picture of a moon in the scene. This is representative of his watchful protective mother, peeking over him to make sure he is safe. (Sendak also puts a fish in pictures for his father. "Sendak" not only means "fish", but also is a remembrance that there is always something fishy in all of his work.) Sendak grew up in a family of storytellers. His father told (uncensored) stories that were considered "not for children." They were nightmarishly scary st
http://www.hasbiniz.com/fiction/children/toddlers/sendak/in_the_night_kitchen.htm http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/Author=Sendak%2C%20Maurice/002-3012214 Outside Over There, combined with Where The Wild Things Are, and In The Night Kitchen are known as Sendak's trilogy. These three books explore children's very primal fears. Also, they are all stories of the three main characters, Max, Mickey, and Ida, maturing as a result of their trip to the "fantasy" world. Sendak based the monsters in Where the Wild Things Are on his Jewish relatives, who would come to their house when he was growing up, with their foul breath and big, yellow teeth. He has also said that the title of the book was supposed to be "Where the Wild Horses are," but he was not successful at drawing horses, so his editor changed the title to "things," as that was something that Sendak could definitely draw. This book won the Caldecott Medal the following year. It was also made into an opera, in which Sendak not only wrote the libretto, but also designed the sets and costume. Where the Wild Things are also became part of Bell Atlantic's highly successful advertising campaign in 1998. This year, the 35th anniversary of the book, also showed a Bell Atlantic sponsored "Wild Things" huge balloon float in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. Where the Wild Things are is one of the ten best selling books of all time.
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