Sesyle Joslin is the author of What Do You Say, Dear?, which was
named an ALA Notable Children's Book and a Caldecott Honor
Book.
Maurice Sendak's books have sold over 50 million copies and have
been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964
Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of
such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety
Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the
international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in
1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American
Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of
Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In
2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an
annual international prize for children's literature established by
the Swedish government.
"Delightfully absurd situations and elegant and exceedingly funny illustrations. For this encyclopedia of manners, there is just one thing possible to say and that is, 'Thank you, thank you very much."--" The Kirkus Reviews"
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