Maurice Sendak Book Collection. 9 of 15 10 of 15 author maurice sendak poses with one of the characters from his book where the wild things are, designed for the operatic adaptation of his book in st. The exhibition, curated by uconn’s archives and special collections, is on display in.
A connecticut probate court judge recently awarded sendak’s estate the bulk of his book collection, much of which has been on loan to philadelphia’s rosenbach museum and library for years. Maurice sendak, mao zedong, and the man who collects them. (mary altaffer / associated press) by carolyn kellogg.
Very far away (harper & brothers, 1957).
Where the wild things are (harper & row, 1963). Battle over maurice sendak's book collection sparks a lawsuit : Books books written & illustrated by maurice sendak. While sendak says none of his works are for children, rather, publishers labeled them as children’s books (i believe he means he wrote them for himself), my brother’s book is for an adult audience, and is a collection of poems about his brother’s death, based on the winter’s tale by william shakespeare, and written and illustrated in a.