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I have no brilliant conceptual gift for drawing or any really exceptional gift for writing. My gift is a kind of intuitive sense... My talent is knowing how to make a picture book. Knowing how to pace it, knowing how to time it.
- Maurice Sendak

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Grandes de la ilustración de libros para chicos: Maurice Sendak. Ilustración para el libro “What Do You Say, Dear?”, con texto de Sesyle Joslin y publicado por HarperCollins en 1958. Esta obra recibió una mención de honor en la Medalla Caldecott de 1959.

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My favorite of Maurice Sendak's books - Outside Over There

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Was I the only one who wanted to live in the gentle world of Little Bear?
(illustrations by Maurice Sendak)

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Shout out for the older Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. The PERFECT Picture Book. "The day Max wore his wolf suit...his mother called him 'Wild Thing' & Max said, 'I'll eat you up.'" Magical! Day 8 Prompt Friday Reads

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And now to a Minor Arcana card, the Page(s) of Torches(wands) featuring Haxus and Hepta, Sendak's trustworthy lieutenants holding the Kral Zera torch.

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Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland was a huge influence on illustrator Maurice Sendak when he created his book In The Night Kitchen.

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When it comes to pen and ink illustrated children’s books for my kids, I go top shelf. (Ok, I *might* be buying them for me just a little bit)

artists: Ron Barrett, Maurice Sendak, Robert McCloskey

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"Where the Wild Things Are"
© Maurice Sendak (American, 1928 - 2012)

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Maurice Sendak : Where the Wild Things Are print, 1971

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Joseph Campbell believed one of the greatest moments in all of literature is when Max tames the Wild Things. As he said, "That is a great moment because it's only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world."

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Maurice Sendak (1928 - 2012)
American illustrator and writer of children's books

Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

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A life-long admirer of the work of Mozart, Maurice Sendak did the theater design for a production of The Magic Flute.

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Thank you SO much for flagging up this Sendak book I didn’t even know existed! It’s so utterly lush, old-fashioned even for its time, but I can’t stop looking at it
💛💛💛

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Ojala haga un hilo con todo lo que se le ocurra porque tiene unas ideas que te mueres de risa

Viendo voltron comparó a Sendak con los motorratones de Marte.

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I haven't drawn Sendak's toe beans in a while, so here's a direct continuation from this last sleeping pic. Enjoy them feet. :3

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