Jack Sendak (July 20, 1923 – February 3, 1995) was a

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...

. He was the brother of

Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. He became most widely known for his book '' Where the Wild Things Are'', first published in 1963.Turan, Kenneth (October 16, 20 ...

and the son of Philip Sendak. He served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, and later worked for Emerson Radio and Television and the U.S. Postal Service. Two of his books, '' Circus Girl'' (1957) and '' The Happy Rain'' (1956), were illustrated by Maurice. His 1971 book '' The Magic Tears'' won the Children's Book Showcase award.

Selected bibliography

* '' The Happy Rain'' (1956) (illustrated by

) * '' Circus Girl'' (1957) (illustrated by

) * '' The Second Witch'' (1965) (illustrations by

Uri Shulevitz Uri Shulevitz ( he, אורי שולביץ; born February 27, 1935) is an American people, American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1969 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing ''The Fool of the Worl ...

) * '' The King of the Hernits and Other Stories'' (1966) (illustrated by

Margot Zemach Margot Zemach (November 30, 1931 – May 21, 1989) was an American illustrator of more than forty children's books, some of which she also wrote. Many were adaptations of folk tales from around the world, especially Yiddish and other Eastern Euro ...

) * '' Martze'' (1968) (illustrated by Mitchell Miller) * '' The Magic Tears'' (1971) (illustrated by Mitchell Miller)

References

External links

Jack Sendak page at HarperCollins
American children's writers 1923 births 1995 deaths Maurice Sendak United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of World War II {{US-child-writer-stub