Wonderstruck (novel)
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Wonderstruck is an American young-adult fiction novel written and illustrated by Brian Selznick, who also created The Invention of Hugo Cabret. In Wonderstruck, Selznick continued the narrative approa
First hardcover edition (2011)
Maurice Sendak
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Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holoc
Wonderstruck (novel)
…to make minds." In a article for The Guardian, the illustrator Chris Riddell commended Selznick's illustrations as a cross between L. S. Lowry and Maurice Sendak, calling it "a mixture of the touchingly naive and the closely observed, rendered in luminous pencil shading". Riddell said, "It is ideal for the novel's…
Sendak in 2009
A mural in Wicker Park, Chicago, alludes to Sendak's passing.