Maurice Sendak! He wrote Where the Wild Things Are! He was born in Brooklyn in 1928.

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Maurice Sendak! He wrote Where the Wild Things Are! He was born in Brooklyn in 1928.

Transcript of Maurice Sendak! He wrote Where the Wild Things Are! He was born in Brooklyn in 1928.

Maurice Sendak!

He wrote Where the Wild

Things Are!

He was born in Brooklyn in 1928.

Maurice SendakMaurice Sendak wrote Where The Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak won a Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak Childhood

Maurice had a brother and sister. They were both older than him.

Maurice’s parents were immigrants from Poland!

He liked to think of things he could make.

For his first job he worked at a toy store. He liked it very much. Maurice got to draw on the windows at night.

Maurice also loved to draw when he was a young boy.

Maurice SendakMaurice’s most popular children's book was Where The Wild Things Are

Throughout the 1950’s Maurice almost illustrated 50 children's books.

In 1956 Maurice wrote his first book

Maurice had a heart attack on a business trip to England.

Maurice’s dog Jenna had cancer and had be put to sleep by a veterinarian.

THE CHALLENGES

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