Megan and I attended the Rosenbachannal at the Rosenbach Museum & Library a few weeks ago and got our first peek at the museum’s current Maurice Sendak retrospective, There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak. A few words of advice: Go see this exhibition! It’s fantastic. I have many, many memories of reading Sendak’s work (or more likely, having the tales read to me by my awesome mom), so as an adult, I found it particularly interesting and frankly, just plain cool, to see the sketches and final illustrations for books like In the Night Kitchen up-close-and-personal. Not only that, each gallery is equipped with touch-screen videos featuring interviews with Sendak himself, so museum goers get the added benefit of hearing Sendak speak about his work and the inspiration behind each story.

For an inside peek, check out this exclusive interview with Sendak:

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