2012/10/13

Page Turned: Sendak

Artist and writer Maurice Sendak died this year. His art and papers are in the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are always some of his pictures and books on exhibit at the museum for people on a road journey to see. 

Here is a short list of his books to find at a library or bookstore:
THE SIGN ON ROSIE’S DOOR, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak (Harper & Row, 1960). 

NUTSHELL LIBRARY, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak (Harper & Row, 1962). 

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak (Harper & Row, 1963). 

HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP! OR THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak (Harper & Row, 1967). 

IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak (Harper & Row, 1970). 

SOME SWELL PUP OR ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT A DOG? story by Maurice Sendak and Matthew Margolis, pictures by Maurice Sendak (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976).
 

Pencil Journey
Read the book, The Sign on Rosie’s Door. Find markers or crayons. And construction paper plus string and tape. Make a sign for a door using words and drawings. When friends come over, dress-up and put together a musical show. Invite an audience to enter the door with the sign to see the musical show.