POOLE, L.M.
Maurice Sendak is the widely acclaimed American childrens book author and illustrator: This critical study focuses on his famous trilogy. Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There, as well as the early works and Sendaks superb depictions of the Grimm Brothers fairy tales in The Jupiter Tree. L.M. Poole begins with a chapter on childrens book illustration, in particular the treatment of fairy tales. Sendaks work is situated within the history of children book illustration, and he is compared with many contemporary authors.