Director's foreword / Colin B. Bailey -- Acknowledgments -- Moving images: Maurice Sendak's second career / Rachel Federman -- Where the wild things are -- The magic flute -- The illustrated opera/Opera illustrated: Maurice Sendak's designs for The magic flute / Liam Doona -- The love for three oranges -- The cunning little vixen -- Exploring a new forest: Sendak's work on The cunning little vixen / Avi Steinberg -- Nutcracker -- Mavericks: a conversation with Christopher Mattaliano -- Contributors -- Selected bibliography.