Else Holmelund Minarik first introduced readers to her timeless
character in the classic Little Bear. Publication of this book,
with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, launched the I Can Read
series. This much-loved author continues to write stories for
children at her home in North Carolina.
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.
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