P. 104 - 105 ; Who was Maurice Sendak? The son of a dressmaker and storyteller, an author and illustrator of well-loved children’s picture books, a costume and set designer for operas and ballets, all of the above. This book about the real Maurice Sendak in this fun and exciting illustrated biography. In this book any timeline of Maurice Sendak’s life and timeline of the world. Contens : who was Maurice Sendak? Looking out windows, nowhere is safe, the young cartoonist, open doors, setting words to pictures, first loves and first books, wild things, the night kitchen, outside, opera, old fears, and through the picture.