What do you say when:
This is the funniest book of manners you’ll ever read!
<p>Sesyle Joslin is the author of <em>What Do You Say, Dear?</em>, which was named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Caldecott Honor Book.</p>
Maurice Sendak was born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i>. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983, Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution of arts in America. He illustrated over 80 books. He died May 8, 2012.