Maurice Sendak ranks as one of the best known and loved children's book artists in the USA, and has been awarded both the Hans Christian Andersen Medal and the Caldecott Medal. This volume picks up where Selma Lanes' monograph of his work The Art of Maurice Sendak, published in 1980, leaves off, tracing Sendak's life and work from 1980 to 2003. provides an intimate view of the artist. Kushner not only gives a chronological overview of Sendak's work, but also allows us to see him as an accomplished author and artist redefining his legacy, and as a man coming to terms with himself.

Author: Tony Kushner
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 11/05/2003
Pages: 223
Weight: 3.9lbs
Size: 10.96h x 11.76w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9780810944480


Review Citation(s):
Vanity Fair 11/01/2003 pg. 130
PW Notes and Reprints 11/10/2003 pg. 64
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2004 pg. 108
USA Today 12/03/2003 pg. 1
Library Journal 01/01/2004 pg. 103
School Library Journal 04/01/2004 pg. 187
Choice 04/01/2004 pg. 1462
Lambda Book Report 10/01/2004 pg. 18
Publishers Weekly 11/10/2003