Gallery: Remembering Maurice Sendak
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*Maurice Sendak poses with a character from* Where the Wild Things Are, *in 1985. Photo: Associated Press*
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*A scene from* Where the Wild Things Are, *Maurice Sendak's most famous work. Copyright (c) 1963 by Maurice Sendak, copyright renewed 1991 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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Where the Wild Things Are *was originally published in 1963. Copyright (c) 1963 by Maurice Sendak, copyright renewed 1991 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*Another scene from* Where the Wild Things Are. *Copyright (c) 1963 by Maurice Sendak, copyright renewed 1991 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*A scene from Sendak's 1967 book* Higgelty Piggelty Pop! Or There Must be More To Life. *Copyright (c) 1967 by Maurice Sendak, copyright renewed 1995 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*The nude boy from* In the Night Kitchen *cooked up controversy. Copyright (c) 1970 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*Published in 1970,* In the Night Kitchen *is possibly Sendak's most controversial book. Copyright (c) 1970 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*A scene from* Outside Over There. *Copyright (c) 1981 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*A pig wants to have a birthday party in* Bumble-Ardy, *Sendak's 2011 book. Copyright (c) 2011 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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Bumble-Ardy *was Sendak's final picture book for children. Copyright (c) 2011 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*Another scene from* Bumble-Ardy. *Copyright (c) 2011 by Maurice Sendak/Courtesy HarperCollins*
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*A scene from* Chicken Soup With Rice, *from Sendak's four-volume 1962 set* The Nutshell Library. *Copyright (c) 1962 by Maurice Sendak, copyright renewed 1990 by Maurice Sendak / Courtesy HarperCollins*
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