Maurice Sendak: Last News

Homer News.The Seward Police Department responded, searching the library. They determined there was no incendiary device present.According to Alaska NPR affiliate KBBI, Seward Deputy Chief of Police Karl Schaefermeyer said that the bomb threat didn’t appear to come from a local resident.“We’ve been in contact with the FBI, and we’ll continue to track down some leads there and see if we can find out who’s responsible,” he said.The Drag Queen Story Hour resumed later in the day at the Alaska SeaLife Center.Attendees listened to stories, including Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, read aloud by local drag performers Totally Tiff and Mars.“This year, we [were] kind of joking before actually reading that there wasn’t much of a hullabaloo this year, and the turnout wasn’t as large,” Totally Tiff’s alias, Tyler Polo, a board member of the Seward Pride Alliance, told KBBI.

FKA Twigs has explained why she asked North West to feature on her recent track ‘Childlike Things’, saying her “energy is inspiring”.The musician released her critically acclaimed third studio album ‘EUSEXUA’ in January and it included ‘Childlike Things’ in its tracklist, a collaboration with the 11-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.North delivers a verse in Japanese on the track, and now Twigs has spoken about the decision to collaborate with her in a video posted on Instagram.“I was working on ‘EUSEXUA’, I was working on my album, and then I was in the studio one day with Lewis [Roberts, aka Koreless] and my friends, and they start playing this bassline, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, I just heard a song,” she said. “It just came into my head.”FKA twigs explains why she asked North West to feature on her album, ‘EUSEXUA.’ pic.twitter.com/Ds2viE43x6— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 21, 2025She then says that in that moment, while she was on the mic in the studio, the words of the song’s opening verse came tripping out of her mouth.

“Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98.De Brunhoff, a Paris native who moved to the U.S.

Michelle Obama is taking on a new book project. The former First Lady will be the narrator of a new edition of “Where the Wild Things Are,” the beloved children’s book written by Maurice Sendak. Michelle Obama, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson go snorkeling in PortofinoMichelle Obama celebrates 31st wedding anniversary with heartfelt postA post shared by Michelle Obama (@michelleobama)HarperCollins announced that the new edition would go on sale this October 31st, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the book’s release.

Wilson Chapman editorTerry Gross has received Peabody’s Institutional Award, for her work on the long-running NPR radio program “Fresh Air.” The annual Institutional Award is presented to institutions and programs for their body of work and their impact on the media landscape. The honoree is selected by the Peabody’s Board of Jurors, and presented ahead of the regular announcement of this year’s 30 Peabody Awards winners.

Ryan Reynolds has become the latest A-lister to read the CBeebies Bedtime Story, following in the footsteps of fellow Hollywood hunks Chris Evans, Tom Hardy and Tom Hiddleston.