Celebrate the life of famed author/illustrator Maurice Sendak by hosting the nationally touring exhibit In A Nutshell: The Worlds Of Maurice Sendak.
Sendak is best known as the illustrator of more than 100 picture books including Where The Wild Things Are and In The Night Kitchen. Born to Polish immigrants in Brooklyn, Sendak’s body of work mixes elements of his heritage with his experiences growing up in 1930s New York.
This exhibit shows the how his own family’s history, his Jewish identity and American culture were a combined influence on his works.
In addition, the Little Egg Harbor branch is screening Spike Jonze’s film adaptation of “Where The Wild Things Are” on Tuesday, December 13 at 6p.m.
In A Nutshell is curated by Patrick Rodgers of the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office.
The national tour of the exhibit has been made possible by grants from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Righteous Persons Foundation, the David Berg Foundation, and an anonymous donor, with additional support from Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life.
