Maurice Sendak is of course the renowned author and illustrator of children’s books such as Where the Wild Things Are (1963) and In the Night Kitchen (1970), but less well-known are his works for ...

Now Christie’s is riding the current wave of interest by offering a collection of wide-ranging artworks that inspired the artist and author throughout his life, as well as artworks by the artist ...

Maurice Sendak is best known for the 1963 children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” But the Skirball Cultural Center will put a microscope on the whole of his career with “Wild Things Are Happening ...

Maurice Sendak, the beloved children's author of "Where the Wild Things Are," has passed away, according to The New York Times. He was 83. Sendak died Tuesday at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, ...

Arthur Yorinks first met Maurice Sendak in 1970, when Yorinks was 17 and Sendak was 42. "I read an article about him in The New York Times and thought, If I meet this guy, it will help me move out of ...

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins Publishers ...

The highly successfully children's book illustrator had suffered a stroke Maurice Sendak, the curmudgeonly and wildly successful children’s book illustrator and author of Where the Wild Things Are, ...

Maurice Sendak, who brought a sense of anarchic realism to children's literature, has died at 83. His Where The Wild Things Are" is one of the seminal works of the genre, depicting children as they ...

Mommy? is the newest children's book from artist Maurice Sendak, who is famous for putting child characters in jeopardy in stories like Where the Wild Things Are. And Mommy? is no exception: A small ...

Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are," died early Tuesday. He was 83. Longtime friend and ...

(CBS/AP) DANBURY, Conn. - Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," ...