Sendak

[ sen-dak ]

/ ˈsɛn dæk /

noun

Maurice (Bernard),1928–2012, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.

Example sentences from the Web for sendak

Like Sendak, Miyazaki is somewhat cranky—a pessimist at odds with modernity.

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Wind Rises’: An Anime Icon Bows Out |Andrew Romano |November 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
N.C. Wyeth and William Steig and Sendak are just doing their jobs as far as a kid is concerned.

Maurice Sendak Didn’t Just Make Books for Children, but for Everyone |Malcolm Jones |May 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But coming to Sendak as an adult, I understood immediately that here was someone special.

Maurice Sendak Didn’t Just Make Books for Children, but for Everyone |Malcolm Jones |May 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It was the classic Sendak shtick—light and dark at the same time, and also totally true.

Maurice Sendak Knew Enough to Put the Bite Back in Children’s Stories |Andrew Romano |May 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Sendak's lumbering German Shepherd, Herman—named after Melville—was snoring at our feet.

Maurice Sendak Knew Enough to Put the Bite Back in Children’s Stories |Andrew Romano |May 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for sendak

Sendak

/ (ˈsɛndæk) /

noun

Maurice (Bernard). 1928–2012, US artist, writer, and set designer, best known as an illustrator of children's books, including Where the Wild Things Are (1963), which he also wrote, In the Night Kitchen (1971), and Nutcracker (1984)

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Sendak

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