Philip Sendak (September 15, 1894 – June 14, 1970) was a writer of

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 ...

. He is the father of the writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak and the children's writer

Jack Sendak Jack Sendak (July 20, 1923 – February 3, 1995) was a children's literature author. He was the brother of Maurice Sendak and the son of Philip Sendak. He served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, and later worked for Emerson Radi ...

. He emigrated from Poland to United States in 1913. Sendak died at the age of 75.

Selected bibliography

* ''In Grandpa's House'' (1985) (illustrated by his son Maurice Sendak)

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* American children's writers 1894 births 1970 deaths Maurice Sendak Congress Poland emigrants to the United States 19th-century Polish Jews {{US-child-writer-stub