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Caldecott and Co. Maurice Sendak

Caldecott and Co. By Maurice Sendak

Caldecott and Co. by Maurice Sendak


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Summary

This is a collection of essays by the writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, in which he voices his opinions on aspects of his battle-ground, the world of the picture book. Sendak also reveals those experiences which have influenced his own work.

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Caldecott and Co.: Notes on Books and Pictures by Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak is famous for his picture books Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There. Over the past twenty-five years, he regularly published essys and reviews about a number of writers and illustrators whose work he admires. The subjects of his appreciation range from George MacDonald, Beatrix Potter and Randolph Caldecott to Margot Zemach, Harriet Pincus and Edward Ardizzone; from Maxfield Parrish, Walt Disney and Lothar Meggendorfer to Jean de Brunhoff, Mother Goose and Hans Christian Andersen. In these essays, and in autobiographical essays and interviews, Sendak voices his opinions on aspects of his battle-ground, the world of the picture book. In an essay entitled The Shape of Music he examines the subtle ways in which music has influenced his own pictures. He also pinpoints misunderstandings about the origins of some children's literature; he describes how the public have misinterpreted Andersen, admiring him only for the least part of his genius; he bemoans the adult censorship of subjects and blames mid-19th century parents, who confined Meggendorfer, the Grimms and Mother Goose to the nursery, for creating the artificial world of the juvenile book. Maurice Sendak is winner of the Caldecott Medal (1964), the Hans Christian Andersen Illustator's Medal (1970) and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (1983).

Additional information

GOR001903271
9781871061062
1871061067
Caldecott and Co.: Notes on Books and Pictures by Maurice Sendak
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
19890323
224
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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