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Maurice Sendak

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Biography

Maurice Sendak was born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. 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.

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George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends

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Year	Title	Author	Illustrator	Pages
2020	But the Giraffe & Brundibar	Tony Kushner	Maurice Sendak	96
2018	Presto and Zesto in Limboland	Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	28
2017	Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	32
2013	My Brother's Book	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	32
2011	Bumble-Ardy	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	40
2008	George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends	James Marshall	Maurice Sendak	368
2006	Mommy?	Arthur Yorinks	Maurice SendakᐧMatthew Reinhart	12
2005	Bears	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	24
2004	The Happy Rain	Jack Sendak	Maurice Sendak	48
2003	Brundibar	Tony Kushner	Maurice Sendak	56
1999	Swine Lake	James Marshall	Maurice Sendak	40
1997	What Can You Do with a Shoe?	Beatrice Schenk de Regniers	Maurice Sendak	32
1996	Frank and Joey Eat Lunch	Arthur Yorinks	Maurice Sendak	0
1996	Frank and Joey Go to Work	Arthur Yorinks	Maurice Sendak	12
1995	Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	8
1995	The Miami Giant	Arthur Yorinks	Maurice Sendak	40
1995	The Wonderful Farm	Marcel Aymé	Maurice Sendak	192
1993	We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	56
1992	I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book	Iona Opie, Peter Opie	Maurice Sendak	160
1991	Sarah's Room	Doris Orgel	Maurice Sendak	0
1989	A Hole Is to Dig	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	48
1988	Dear Mili	Wilhelm Grimm, Ralph Manheim	Maurice Sendak	40
1988	Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child 's Book of Poems	Mary Michaels White, Eva Moore, Beatrice Schenk de Regniers	Jan CarrᐧMaurice SendakᐧRichard EgielskiᐧArnold LobelᐧMarcia BrownᐧMargot ZemachᐧLeo DillonᐧDiane Dillon	160
1985	In Grandpa's House	Philip Sendak	Maurice Sendak	48
1984	Nutcracker	E.T.A. Hoffmann	Maurice Sendak	102
1981	Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book with Mino the Magician	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	26
1981	Outside Over There	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	40
1980	Jean Ritchie's Singing Family of the Cumberlands	Jean Ritchie	Maurice Sendak	258
1977	Seven Little Monsters	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	0
1976	Fly by Night	Randall Jarrell	Maurice Sendak	30
1976	Some Swell Pup; or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog?	Maurice Sendak, Matthew Margolis	Maurice Sendak	32
1975	Pleasant Fieldmouse	Jan Wahl	Maurice Sendak	72
1973	King Grisly-Beard	Brothers Grimm	Maurice Sendak	0
1973	The Juniper Tree: And Other Tales from Grimm	Lore Segal	Maurice Sendak	332
1970	Fantasy Sketches	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	24
1970	In the Night Kitchen	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	40
1969	The Light Princess	George MacDonald	Maurice Sendak	128
1968	A Kiss for Little Bear	Else Holmelund Minarik	Maurice Sendak	32
1967	The Golden Key	George MacDonald	Maurice Sendak	96
1967	Higglety Pigglety Pop!: Or There Must Be More to Life	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	80
1967	The Bat-Poet	Randall Jarrell	Maurice Sendak	42
1966	Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories	Isaac Bashevis Singer	Maurice Sendak	90
1965	Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes		Maurice Sendak	64
1965	Let's Be Enemies	Janice May Udry	Maurice Sendak	32
1965	The Animal Family	Randall Jarrell	Maurice Sendak	180
1965	Lullabies and Night Songs		Alec WilderᐧMaurice SendakᐧWilliam Engvik	0
1964	The Bee-Man of Orn	Frank R. Stockton	Maurice Sendak	56
1963	Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	48
1963	The Griffin and the Minor Canon	Frank R. Stockton	Maurice Sendak	56
1963	How Little Lori Visited Times Square	Amos Vogel	Maurice Sendak	64
1963	She Loves Me...She Loves Me Not...	Robert Keeshan	Maurice Sendak	32
1963	Nikolenka's Childhood: An Edition for Young Readers	Leo Tolstoy	Maurice Sendak	0
1962	Alligators All Around: An Alphabet	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	32
1962	The Big Green Book	Robert Graves	Maurice Sendak	64
1962	Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present	Charlotte Zolotow	Maurice Sendak	40
1962	One Was Johnny: A Counting Book	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	46
1962	Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	38
1962	The Singing Hill	Meindert DeJong	Maurice Sendak	180
1961	Little Bear's Visit	Else Holmelund Minarik	Maurice Sendak	64
1961	What Do You Do, Dear?	Sesyle Joslin	Maurice Sendak	48
1960	Open House for Butterflies	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	48
1960	The Sign on Rosie's Door	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	48
1960	Dwarf Long-Nose	Wilhelm Hauff, Maurice Sendak, Doris Orgel		72
1960	Little Bear's Friend	Else Holmelund Minarik	Maurice Sendak	0
1959	Seven Tales by H.C. Andersen	Hans Christian Andersen	Maurice Sendak	128
1959	The Moon Jumpers	Janice May Udry	Maurice Sendak	32
1959	Father Bear Comes Home	Else Holmelund Minarik	Maurice Sendak	64
1958	No Fighting, No Biting!	Else Holmelund Minarik	Maurice Sendak	64
1958	What Do You Say, Dear?	Sesyle Joslin	Maurice Sendak	48
1958	Along Came a Dog	Meindert DeJong	Maurice Sendak	192
1957	Circus Girl	Jack Sendak	Maurice Sendak	32
1957	Very Far Away	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	56
1957	The Birthday Party	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	0
1957	Little Bear	Else Holmelund Minarik	Maurice Sendak	63
1956	I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	24
1956	Kenny's Window	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak	64
1956	The House of Sixty Fathers	Meindert DeJong	Maurice Sendak	189
1955	Charlotte and The White Horse	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	32
1955	The Little Cow and the Turtle	Meindert De Jong	Maurice Sendak	0
1954	The Wheel on the School	Meindert DeJong	Maurice Sendak	298
1954	The Tin Fiddle	Edward Tripp	Maurice Sendak	0
1954	I'll Be You and You Be Me	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	40
1954	Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm	Betty MacDonald	Maurice Sendak	127
1953	Shadrach	Meindert DeJong	Maurice Sendak	192
1953	Hurry Home, Candy (Harper Trophy Books)	Meindert DeJong	Maurice Sendak	256
1953	A Very Special House	Ruth Krauss	Maurice Sendak	0
1952	Maggie Rose, Her Birthday Christmas	Ruth Sawyer	Maurice Sendak	151

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