"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak, an international touring exhibition organized by the Columbus Museum of Art, 2022-2024"--Colophon

"Published in conjunction with the eponymous Sendak retrospective touring museums in the United States and Europe in 2022-24, Wild Things Are Happening emphasizes Maurice Sendak's relationship to the history of art and the influences of his art collecting on his images. It features previously unpublished sketches, story boards and paintings that emphasize Sendak's creative processes. Bringing together a broad diversity of perspectives on the award-winning artist, the book includes an extended essay by the renowned art historian Thomas Crow that traces the genesis and cultural contexts of Sendak's most famous book, Where the Wild Things Are. It also includes interviews and appreciations by many of Sendak's key collaborators, including Carroll Ballard, Michael Di Capua, John Dugdale, Spike Jonze, Twyla Tharp and Arthur Yorinks."-- Publisher's description

Director's foreword /

Nannette V. Maciejunes -- Maurice Sendak works / Lynn Caponera -- Sendak's salvation / Jonathan Weinberg -- Right as rain : quests and transformative garments in the major books of Maurice Sendak / Thomas Crow -- "Swing into action" : Maurice Sendak and the worlds of puppetry / John Bell -- Where the wild things aren't : the Bell Atlantic advertising campaign / Tyler Fallas -- How to make a picture book : Maurice Sendak's Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water / Clara Nguyen --

Conversations /

Michael di Capua, Arthur Yorinks, Carroll and Christina Ballard, John Dugdale, Twyla Tharp, Spike Jonze, Brother Christopher -- Sendak on Sendak : intreview with / Bill Jersey and Terry Strauss

(1994) --

Sendak on Sendak : interview with / Jonathan Weinberg

(2003) --

Career highlights --

The Maurice Sendak Foundation