This PBS site contains two lesson plans. In grades K-2, read books written/illustrated by Maurice Sendak, find out what elementary school was like for Mr. Sendak, and write a class book based on one of his stories. In grades 6-8, learn how Sendak wrote and illustrated children's books, created ballets and turned one of his books into an opera. Middle school students will also produce an opera.

Concepts

children's literature, imagination, picture books

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Additional Tags

children's illustrators, illustrated children's books, interpreting literary texts, author, illustration, maurice sendak

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)