Maurice Sendak
Published on Nov 22, 2015
Maurice Sendak
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MAURICE SENDAK
Early Years
- Parents were Polish/Jewish Immigrants
- Very close to brother and sister Jack and Natalie
- Did not have a great relationship with parents
- Was a very frail and sickly child
pivotal events in his childhood
1932 Kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby
When He Was 12 he saw Walt Disney's "Fantasia"
AND THIS INFLUENCED HIM TO BECOME AN ILLUSTRATOR
hE FOUND OUT HIS EXTENDED FAMILY was KILLED IN THE HOLOCAUST
ON THE DAY OF HIS BAR MITZVAH IN 1941
THESE EVENTS SHAPED HIS FUTURE
AND THE THEMES HE EXPLORED
Other influences
- The poet William Blake
- Mozart
- Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick
HIS FIRST ILLUSTRATIONS APPEARED
IN THE TEXTBOOK "ATOMICS FOR THE MILLIONS"
After High School
- HE WORKED AT FAO SCHWARTZ AS A WINDOW DRESSER
- MET HIS FUTURE PUBLISHER
- TOOK NIGHT CLASSES AT NEW YORK ART STUDENT LEAGUE
- ILLUSTRATED HIS FIRST CHILDRENS BOOK "THE WONDERFUL FARM"
in 1956, "KENNy's window" was published
THIS WAS THE FIRST BOOK HE WROTE AND ILLUSTRATED
"VERY FAR AWAY"
IN 1957
"tHE SIGN ON ROSIE'S DOOR"
IN 1957
"The Nutshell libary"
IN 1962
bUT IN 1963 THis book revolutionized
THE CHILDRENS BOOK GENRE
"wHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE"
iT TOOK TWO YEARS FOR THE BOOK
TO BECOME POPULAR
Popular titles after 1963
- IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN (1970)
- OUTSIDE OVER THERE (1981)
- AND OVER TWO DOZEN MORE....
"In the night kitchen" IS RANKED 25
ON THE MOST FREQUENTLY CHALLENGED OR BANNED BOOKS
fILM/tv/SETS
- REALLY ROSIE FOR TV (1975)
- THE LITTLE BEAR TV SERIES AND FILM (1995-2001)
- WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE 2009
awards
- CALDECOTT MEDAL FOR "Where the Wild Things Are" 1964
- NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR "Outside Over There" 1982
- LAURA INGALLS WILDER MEDAL FOR CHILDREN'S LIT 1983
- NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS 1996
30 years after "Outside Over there"
HE RELEASED "BUMBLE-ARDY"
IN 2012, mAURICE sENDAK passed away
HIS IMPORTANCE TO THE GENRE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IS IMMEASURABLE
"My Brother's Book"
was released after his death
