Maurice Sendak with a character from his book Where the Wild Things Are. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images But there’s a darker aspect to Sendak’s childhood recollections.

Sotheby's will auction Maurice Sendak's original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" promotional poster with an estimate of $300,000-600,000. The pen, ink and watercolor work on ...

"Where The Wild Things Are" has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and has been translated into dozens of languages since it was published in 1963. The book follows a boy named Max who ...

One of the most beloved illustrated children’s books of all time, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, has delighted readers since 1963.It sold over 19 million copies and has several ...

Maurice Sendak, 'Where the Wild Things Are,' 1963, watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 9 3/4 x 11 in. The Maurice Sendak Foundation. The Denver Art Museum’s exhibition expands on a ...

Maurice Sendak could have been celebrating. After years of working as a writer and illustrator, he had shot to superstardom in 1964 with “Where the Wild Things Are.” ...

More than 400 items, including the original art of the beloved children’s book, are part of a large exhibit dedicated to Maurice Sendak. To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need the 9NEWS app ...

Sendak began collecting in the late 1950s. After the huge commercial successes of “Where the Wild Things Are,” published in 1963, and “In the Night Kitchen,” in 1970, he could afford to ...

Head Start staff turned their summer session classroom into the forest where Max encounters the “Wild Things” in author and artist Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book.

Now, the children’s classic and its author and illustrator is at the heart of “Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak,” an exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center in West L ...

One of the most beloved illustrated children’s books of all time, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, has delighted readers since 1963.It sold over 19 million copies and has several ...