In a Nutshell:the Worlds of Maurice Sendak is on displayjan 4 - feb 24, 2012 l main library l 301 york street

In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak was organized by the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The national tour of the exhibit has been made possible by grants from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Righteous Persons Foundation, the David Berg Foundation, and an anonymous donor, with additional support from Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life.

Final drawing for Where the Wild Things Are, © 1963 by Maurice Sendak, all rights reserved.

Curriculum Guide2nd & 3rd Grades

Maurice Sendak comes from Brooklyn, New York. He was born in 1928, the youngest of three children. His parents were poor Polish immigrants who came to the United States before World War I. Many of the family’s relatives in Poland died in the Holocaust during World War II. His family suffered greatly over their lost family members. To add to their concerns, Maurice himself was sickly as a child. His mother worried constantly about his health and safety. You will see that most of his books have a moon somewhere in the picture watching over the scene. The moon is his mother peaking out the window at him when he was a child to be sure that he was alright! Maurice Sendak loved to have his father read aloud to him at night before bedtime. He didn’t like school much and wasn’t good at sports, but he loved to read and often asked his sister to get him books from the library. His sister gave him his first book, Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. He loved that book and still has it today. As a young adult, he liked great super--duper adventure stories by authors such as Herman Melville and his books, Typee and Moby Dick. He began his work as an illustrator while he was still in high school. He helped in drawing the pictures from the comic strip, Mutt and Jeff into comic books. He went to art school at the Art Students’ League to continue his education. He co-authored his very first book, Atomics for the Millions that was published in 1947. He was just nineteen years old! Since then he has given us many, many wonderful books. Maurice Sendak is a man of many talents. He designed wooden toys with his brother. He did the lyrics for an animated film for television called Really Rosie, which is from his books, the Nutshell Library. He has written the words (called libretto) for an opera, Where the Wild Things Are, based on his Caldecott winning children’s book. He greatly enjoys designing sets and costumes for operas as well.

from KidsRead.com

Popular children’s author Maurice Sendak’s typically American childhood in New York City inspired many of his most beloved books, such as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. Illustrations in those works are populated with friends, family, and the sights, sounds and smells of New York in the 1930s. But Sendak was also drawn to photos of ancestors, and he developed a fascination with the shtetl world of European Jews. This exhibit, curated by Patrick Rodgers of the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, reveals the push and pull of New and Old Worlds in Sendak’s work and shows how Sendak’s artistic journey has led him deeper into his own family’s history and his Jewish identity.

The exhibit was developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization for the support of Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the ALA Public Programs Office. The written text of the exhibit focuses prominently on Sendak’s artistic inspiration, ranging from his Jewish identity to social and political events of his time. The large panel displays of Sendak’s incredible illustrations from Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and other picture books, make the display appropriate and appealing to a primary school audience. We have listed a number of pre-visit and post-visit activities for the classroom to enhance student experience, including corresponding tie-ins to content standards.

About the Exhibit

will be held at the Main Library, 301 York St., downtown,January 4th to February 24th, 2012.

About Maurice Sendak

Pre-visit materials – please use these to prepare your students for the exhibit.

Talk to students about the work of authors and 1. illustrators. Introduce Maurice Sendak using a biography for kids.(page 2)

Read selection of three picture books with students 2. asking them to look at how the pictures help tell the story. Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Bears! written by Ruth Krauss, illus-trated by Sendak are the suggested read-alouds.

Questions to ask students about illustrations:

What emotions does Max, the bears, the boy in the night kitchen convey?

Are the wild things scary, funny, sad?Where do the wild things live?

Ask students to vote on which book was their 3. favorite. Graph the results on poster.

Hold a discussion about the similarities and differ-4. ences between the books.

Did the characters look the same?

Where did the stories take place, setting?

Which were funny? Why or why not?

Have students design a poster about their favorite 5. Maurice Sendak book, including their name, name of the book, and a sentence about why it was their favorite.

CurriCulum standards suPPort:

KY reading standards – integration of Knowledge and ideasGrade 2

Use information gained from the illustrations and 1. words in a print or digital text to demonstrate un-derstanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

Grade 3Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustra-1. tions contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g. create mood, emphasize aspects of character or setting.)

Compare and contrast themes, settings and plots of 2. stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g. in books from a series)

KY speaking and listening standards - Comprehension and CollaborationGrade 2&3

Participate in collaborative conversations with 1. diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and in large groups.

Follow agreed upon rules for discussion. (e.g. a. gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time.)

Recount or describe key ideas or details from a 2. text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Primary Lesson Plan for Maurice Sendak Exhibit Grades 2 and 3

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What would you do if you were king of the Wild Things? _______________________________________________1.

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If your dreams could take you to another place, where would you go? Describe the place in detail. ______________2.

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Tell about a time that you got in trouble like Max in 3. Where the Wild Things Are. _____________________________

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What would you have done if you were Max’s parents? ________________________________________________4.

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Write a letter to Maurice Sendak telling him, which book of his is your favorite and why. ______________________5.

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Write a story about meeting Max from the perspective of a wild thing. _____________________________________6.

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Choose one of Sendak’s panels and answer one of the following questions:7. What do you think is the most important part of the story and why?a. Describe what you think is happening in the scene.b. What happened just before the action in the painting?c. What will happen just after the action in the painting? d.

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KY Writing standards Grades 2 &3

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experi-1. ences or events using effective technique, descrip-tive details, and clear event sequence.

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator a. and characters: organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally,

Use dialogue an descriptions of actions, b. thoughts and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

Use temporal words and phrases to signal c. event order.

Provide a sense of closure.d.

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Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the 1. topic or book that they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g. because and also) to con-nect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Write informative/ explanatory texts in which 2. they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Write narratives in which they recount a well-elab-3. orated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and pro-vide a sense of closure.

Grade 3Write opinion pieces on topics or text supporting a 2. point of view with reasons.

Introduce the topic or text they are writing a. about, state an opinion, and create an organiza-tional structure that lists reasons.

Provide reasons that support the opinion.b.

Use linking words and phrases (e.g. because, c. therefore, since, for example) to connect opin-ions and reasons.

Provide a concluding statement or section.d.

Post-aCtivities for sendaK exhibit

Writing:Immigrants and people new to any country might •feel different or out-of-place. Have you ever felt like this? When? What helped you feel more comfortable?

What event has had an influence on your life? •How do you remember feeling when it occurred? How are you different now because of it?

You have been to see the exhibit of Maurice •Sendak’s art. What were some of the themes you remember seeing in several of the art pieces? What do you think influenced Mr. Sendak?

Before Maurice Sendak, lots of children’s books •were about good children doing good things. He was one of the first authors to show kids showing emotions like anger, frustration, and loneliness. Is there a character in a book that you have shared the same emotions? Give an example and explain.

In the exhibit guide, it quotes Maurice Sendak:•

“She planted me in front of the Sunshine Bak-ers,” Sendak remembers, “and I stood there and this aroma came out of the building . . . and the smell of biscuit and cake and flour and milk. It was better than anything in the whole world! And I just sat there sniffing . . .

Can you think of a time that you really remember a smell? Describe it and how it made you feel.

Activities:Have a wild rumpus party! (• Where the Wild Things Are). Create your own crowns, claws, ears, tails, feet, scepters, etc. and let your inner wild thing out!

Listen to different styles of music – how do you •think a wild rumpus would sound?

Talk about foreground, middle-ground, and •background in art. Have students create a three dimensional landscape in which they use these three elements.

Take a picture of each student and print out an 8 ½ •x 11 copy. Have the students make themselves into wild things using markers, shapes, paint, etc.

As a child, Mr. Sendak was influenced heavily by •stories and photos of relatives killed during the holocaust. Put yourselves in the shoes of some-one growing up in the middle of a war. Think of three emotions you would feel, and create an im-age for each one, using color to convey feeling.

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Maurice Sendak Wild Word Search

Find a picture of a boy driving an airplane made of bread. _____1.

Find a picture of Max with a staff in his hand. _____2.

Find a picture of a wild thing with two horns. _____3.

Find a picture of Maurice Sendak’s family. _____4.

Find a picture of a Hanukah book Mr. Sendak illustrated. ______5.

Find a picture of Rosie, a character he based on his neighbor. ______6.

Find a picture that looks like bullying. _____7.

Maurice Sendak Exhibit Scavenger HuntCheck off the pictures when you find them.

Find a picture with a little girl blowing a French horn. ______8.

Find a picture of the Jewish “Old World.” ______9.

Find a picture of two girls dressed in orange.______10.

Find a picture of people wearing newspapers. ______11.

Find a picture of a man playing an organ grinder. ______12.

Find a picture of a wild thing reading a book. ______13.

Find a picture of the other book cover for 14. Where the Wild Things Are. _______

author & illustrator

Kenny’s Window New York: Harper & Bros. ,1956.Very Far Away Harper & Bros., 1957.The Sign on Rosie’s Door New York; Evanston; London: Harper & Row, 1960. The Nutshell Library New York: Harper & Row, 1962.

Alligators All Around: An Alphabeto Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Monthso One Was Johnny: A Counting Booko Pierre: A Cautionary Taleo

Where the Wild Things Are New York: Harper & Row, 1963.Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Or: There Must Be More to Life New York: Harper &Row, 1967.In the Night Kitchen Harper & Row, 1970.Fantasy Sketches Philadelphia: Rosenbach, 1970.Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book with Mino the Magician Philadelphia: Rosenbach,1970.Sendak, Maurice.; Margolis, Matthew.; Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.Seven Little Monsters New York: Harper & Row, 1977.Outside Over There New York: Harper & Row, 1981.Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,1988.We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy New York: Harper Collins, 1993.Maurice Sendak’s Christmas Mystery 1995.Mommy? New York: Scholastic, 2006.

illustrator

Hector Protector and as I went over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes New York: Harper & Row, 1965.Anderson, H.C. Seven Tales by H.C. Anderson trans. By Eva LeGallienne New York: Harper & Row, 1959.Aymé, Marcel. The Wonderful Farm New York: Harper, 1951.Bond, Gladys Baker. Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects New York : Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1955.Chanover, Hyman & Alice. Happy Hanukah Everybody New York: United Synagogue Commision on Jewish Education, 1954.Dejong, Meindert. Little Cow and Turtle New York: Harper, 1955.Dejong, Meindert. Along came a Dog New York: Harper, 1958.Dejong, Meindert. The Singing Hill New York: Harper, 1962.Garvey, Robert. Good Shabbos Everybody New York United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1951.Graves, Robert. The Big Green Book New York : Crowell-Collier, 1962.Grimm, Brothers. The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.Grimm, Brothers. King Grisly-Beard New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.Grimm, Willhelm. Dear Mili New York : Michael di Capua Books : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988.Hauff, Wilhelm. Dwarf Long-Nose New York: Random House, 1960.Jarrell, Randall. The Animal Family New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965.Jarrell, Randall. Fly by Night New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976.Joslin. Sesyle. What do you Say, Dear? New York : Young Scott Books, 1958Keeshan, Robert. She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not… New York: Harper Collins, 1963.Krauss, Ruth. Bears! New York: Harper, 1948.Krauss, Ruth. A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions New York : Harper & Row, 1952.Krauss, Ruth. A Very Special House New York : Harper & Row, 1953.Krauss, Ruth. The Birthday Party New York : Harper & Row, 1953.Krauss, Ruth. I’ll Be you and You be Me New York : Harper & Row, 1954.Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte and the White Horse New York : Harper & Bros., 1955.Krauss, Ruth. I want to Paint my Bathroom Blue New York : Harper & Row, 1956.Krauss, Ruth. Open House for Butterflies New York : Harper & Bros., 1960.Minarik, Else Holmelund. No Fighting, No Biting! New York : HarperCollins, 1958.Minarik, Else Holmelund. Little Bear series of five New York: Harper & Bros. 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968.Schenck de Regniers, Beatrice. The Giant Story New York: Harper, 1953.Schenck de Regniers, Beatrice. What Can You Do with a Shoe? New York : M.K. McElderry Books, 1997.Stockton, Frank R. The Griffin and the Minor Canon New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1963.Stockton, Frank R. The Bee-Man of Orn New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1964.Udry, Janice May. Moon Jumpers New York: Harper & Row, 1959.Vogel, Amos. How Little Lori Visited Times Square. New York: Harper Collins, 1963.

Maurice Sendak Bibliography

Maurice Sendak - Biography/Interviews  Becoming Maurice Sendak: A Children’s Author Grows Up by Shannon Firth, 3-25-11 INTERVIEW : http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/2009/october/Becoming-Maurice-Sendak--A-Children-s-Author-Grows-Up.html#1 Maurice Sendak Biography and Timeline – Rosenbach Museum and Library BIO & TIMELINE : http://www.rosenbach.org/maurice-sendak-biography-and-timeline On the Phone with Maurice Sendak by Pamela Paul- NY Times – 9-16-2011 INTERVIEW http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/on-the-phone-with-maurice-sendak/?ref=booksupdate&nl=books&emc=booksupdateemb8 This pig wants to party – Maurice Sendak’s Latest Book-NPR Podcast–Fresh Air-9-20-11 THIS PIG WANTS TO PARTY http://www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140435330/this-pig-wants-to-party-maurice-sendaks-latest

Art Wild Thing: The Art of Maurice Sendak ART http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/5aa/5aa307.htm The Jewish Experience in Picture Books: a Mini Documentary by Hilary Jacqmin VIMEO http://vimeo.com/23273311 A Slideshow of some of Sendak’s most Influential Prints National Gallery of Australia’s Kenneth Tyler Printmaking Collection SLIDESHOW http://www.nga.gov.au/InternationalPrints/Tyler/Default.cfm?MnuID=3&ArtistIRN=20545&List=True&CREIRN=20545&ORDER_SELECT=13&VIEW_SELECT=5&GrpNam=12&TNOTES=TRUE

Curriculum Connection Lesson Plans: Wild Things Art for Kids WILD THING ART http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/early/Jeryl-Wild.htm A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust: Elementary Lesson Plans. LESSON PLANS http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/activity/Intermed.htm

Jewish History/Culture Jewish American Heritage Month FAMOUS JEWISH AMERICANS http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/index.aspx Jews in America – Timeline and Cultural History JEWS IN AMERICA http://www.jewsinamerica.org/ Judaism for Kids – Information on the Jewish religion JEWISH RELIGION http://www.bje.org.au/learning/judaism/kids/index.html Jewish Food and Recipes JEWISH FOOD http://www.jewfaq.org/food.htm