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Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012 (page 3)

Cover art for IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 21, 1970
Kirkus Star IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN
by Maurice Sendak, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
"AND NOTHING'S THE MATTER!" (Can it go without saying that the pictures are superb.)"
This is Maurice Sendak's comic strip apotheosis of the Thirties/ dusky dream of sensual bliss/ bim bam boom bombshell of a child-echoing picture book. Read full book review >
Cover art for A KISS FOR LITTLE BEAR
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 25, 1968
A KISS FOR LITTLE BEAR
by Else Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
"Hardly, albeit a droll vignette; have a look."
A little Little Bear book with very little of Little Bear and with illustrations shadowed by the ominous overtones of Higglety Pigglety Pop. Read full book review >
Cover art for HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP!
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 11, 1967
HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP!: OR THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE
illustrated by Maurice Sendak
"In synopsis, this sounds both more and less ambiguous than it is — you can't compress the reverberations into a review, and certainly not the ominous illustrations; it may by-pass some adults because Sendak speaks directly to the elastic imagination of children."
Maurice Sendak's books have been, right along, projections of concepts rather than pictorializations of plots, so that it is almost gratuitous to hail his arrival as an author; but this tidy little package, despite its size and shape, is not a picture book, nor is it, like Hector Protector an elaboration of Mother Goose for little children - there is more to life, and his supple style matches his consummate skill as an artist. Read full book review >
Cover art for LITTLE BEAR'S VISIT
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 27, 1961
Kirkus Star LITTLE BEAR'S VISIT
by Else Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
"An I Can Read book to instill a great sense of accomplishment in beginning readers."
Under the skilled hand of illustrator Maurice Sendak and simple sensitive text, Little Bear is back again on a visit to his grandparents. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE SIGN ON ROSIE'S DOOR
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 12, 1960
Kirkus Star THE SIGN ON ROSIE'S DOOR
illustrated by Maurice Sendak
"Maurice Sendak, both through text and illustrations, fuses the appealingly familiar with the magical in an I Can Read book of outstanding charm."
Rosie, a perfectly ordinary little girl, like all perfectly ordinary children, is filled with strange and wonderful fancies. Read full book review >
Cover art for LITTLE BEAR'S FRIEND
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 14, 1960
Kirkus Star LITTLE BEAR'S FRIEND
by Else Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
"Pathetic fallacies abound here, but somehow in the hands of this author-illustrator team, they merely compound the charm of the story."
Once again the little bear of Else Minarik and Maurice Sendak (illustrator) proves himself to be as wistful and tender a little creature as exists in the child's library. Read full book review >