Maurice
Sendak,
the beloved author of “Where
The Wild Things Are”,
“In the
Night Kitchen” and
other classics is the subject of the latest Google Doodle, the search
engine's homepage makeover tribute in honor of his 85th birthday.
Sendak passed away
a little more than a year ago, on May 8, 2012, His 85th birthday
would have been on June 10.
The Google homepage
features Max in his monster pajamas. Clicking on the image brings up
an animated journey through Sendak's books beginning with “Where
the Wild Things Are” and
running through his last book, “Bumble-ardy”.
A posthumous
tribute to his late brother Jack, “My
Brother's Book”,appeared
in 2013.
The Doodle showed
up first in New Zealand and will be appear in other countries as it
becomes June 10.
See a YouTube clip of the Doodle below.
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