Maurice Sendak's Big Footed Children as Models of Resilience
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Channel: NYU Langone Health · 2013 · Education
The young characters created by iconic children's book author Maurice Sendak are no pushovers, says noted children's literature historian Leonard S. Marcus. Sendak's heros and heroines are models of resilience, and this is just one more way in which they are remarkably true to life. This interview with Marcus was conducted following his Grand Rounds presentation at the NYU Langone Child Study Center on January 13, 2012. His presentation was entitled "Let the Wild Rumpus Start: Maurice Sendak as Storyteller and Psychologist." In addition to publishing widely on children's literature, Marcus is an instructor at NYU, where he teaches children's literature as part of the CSC's Child and Adolescent Mental Health undergraduate minor (CAMS) program. You can learn more about the NYU Langone Child Study Center, part of NYU Langone Medical Center, and its Grand Rounds series at http://www.nyulangone.org/locations/child-study-center.
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