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Works of Maurice Sendak: A beloved illustrator & author of Where the Wild Things Are - often seen as the father of the “modern” picture book. (infosec.pub)
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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sendak has some amazing works. In The Night Kitchen is another of his fantastic books.

Another amazing artist of children's books is Ul de Rico.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

You should make that into a post! That is lovely.

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I used to read this all the time when I was a kid. In my language it was called "Max and the Maximonsters"

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thats so cool!