Maurice Sendak received the Caldecott Medal for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Best known for his children's classics, including IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE, ALLIGATORS ALL AROUND, and the LITTLE BEAR book, he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Sendak died in Connecticut on May 8, 2012 following a stroke. He was 83. His final book, MY BROTHER'S BOOK, is scheduled to be released in February 2013.

Books by Maurice Sendak

Alligators All Around: An Alphabet

by Maurice Sendak - Animals , Children's 4-8, Classics, Fiction

Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months

by Maurice Sendak - Children's 4-8, Classics, Fiction

One Was Johnny: A Counting Book

by Maurice Sendak - Children's 4-8, Classics, Fiction, Humor

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue

by Maurice Sendak - Children's 4-8, Classics, Fiction

My Brother's Book

by Maurice Sendak - Nonfiction

Fifty years after Where the Wild Things Are was published comes the last book Maurice Sendak completed before his death in May 2012, My Brother's Book. With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing.

Bumble-Ardy

written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Mommy?

by Maurice Sendak, Matthew Reinhart, and Arthur Yorinks

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak - Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak - Fiction