And for his next trick,iconic author Stephen Kingis channeling the work of a few fellow legends.
Sendak, best known for his award-winning bookWhere the Wild Things Are,passed away in 2012.
Several years earlier though, he was tasked to create sets and costumes for aHansel and Gretelopera.
One of the images Maurice Sendak did that inspired Stephen King’s take on Hansel and Gretel.HarperCollins
I wanted to write that!
In a way, I have been writing about kids like Hansel and Gretel for much of my life.
You see one of the images above and heres the other, along with the cover.
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Hansel and Gretelis the most profound of all Grimm fairy tales, Sendak said in a 1997 interview.
Generally speaking, most of Grimm is about heroic children.
HarperCollins Childrens Books will release the Stephen King/Maurice SendakHansel and Gretelon September 2.
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