He loved to make books.

Museum visitors take a close look at Maurice Sendak’s art. (AP/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
Mr. Sendak loved to draw and color. (AP/Susan Ragan)
Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak (Handout)
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak (Handout)
Mr. Sendak also made art for shows and ballets. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

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Mr. S. made books for kids. He wrote, drew, and painted. His art hangs in a museum (mew-ZEE-um).

People like to see the art from his books. Do you see the “wild things”?

Pray: Thank God for good books. God gives people the talent to write well and make art.

Read More: An exhibit in Columbus, Ohio, is showing Maurice Sendak’s art through early March. He drew alligators “doing dishes” for the letter D in Alligators All Around. He taught the months of the year with funny poems in Chicken Soup with Rice. He is most famous for Where the Wild Things Are. A boy named Max finds out he does not always want to be wild. He learns he is thankful for home.

God gave us a book that is strong and true: “The word of our God will stand forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)