E E B B C C BL A STO BL A STO F F F F 2 2 R R E E AD E AD E RS RS Table of Contents STO STO F F F F 3 3 AD E AD E RS RS Who Was Maurice Sendak In Bed by Day Maurice’s Window The Luck of the Draw Causing a Rumpus King of All Wild Things Glossary To Learn More Index 4 6 10 14 16 20 22 23 24
Who Was Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak was a beloved children’s author and illustrator Throughout his life Maurice illustrated almost 100 picture books including 20 that he wrote Maurice changed the idea that children’s books must always be innocent His books were known for their imaginative and sometimes scary pictures These drawings earned him a Caldecott Medal in 1964 for one book Where the Wild Things Are 4
