A new book about writers’ relationships to death provides insight into the acclaimed illustrator’s life

Museum, executors battle over the late writer’s rare book collection

When celebrities die, tributes flood social media—and I can’t help but ‘dislike’

At his bar mitzvah, my son took his place in the men’s section of the shul—a place where mothers can’t go

Sendak and Roth each add their own bon mot

On his centennial, the kids’ illustrator and New Yorker and Daily Worker contributor is celebrated in Miami

Man is born a clown.

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A few more notes on the late illustrator Sendak

Quintessential children’s book author with a dark side

Plus, Portman to make vegan documentary, Kunis does Dior, and more

Just in time for Passover, an exhibition devoted to Curious George sheds light on the character’s genesis and his German-Jewish creators’ exodus

Our parenting columnist checks out the Maurice Sendak movie

In praise of Shel Silverstein and other banned children’s book authors

Brooklyn Jews, says ‘Paste’