- Iconic author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who died Tuesday morning, never had children. (The Christian Science Monitor)
- In the wake of Maurice Sendaks death on Tuesday, quotes, clips and interviews featuring the renowned childrens author and his celebrated books are flying around the Internet. (YAHOO!)
- Maurice Sendak, the children's author and illustrator best known for the 1963 classic "Where the Wild Things Are," died Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., reportedly of complications from a stroke. He was 83. (msnbc.com)
- Though Maurice Sendak is best known for creating a childs fantasyland replete with wild forests and frightening monsters, the author and illustrator was also tuned in to the hardships real-life kids face. (Huffington Post)
- Three months ago, my daughter was driving with my 4-year-old granddaughter in her car seat; the radio was on. (TheNewsTribune.com (blog))
- I was sitting at my desk at FORBES this morning when I received a breaking news alert that Maurice Sendak, arguably the most important children's book writer of the 20th century, had died. It moved me to tears. (Forbes)
- NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," died early Tuesday. He was 83. (News-Press)
- A more perfect book has never been created. As a kid I read it…or really just sat with it…over and over, for years, speculating at its promise and menace, its delicious sense of possibility and its sublime terror. (Salon)
- I heard those words first cuddled up beside my mother as a two-year-old. She would roar a terrible roar and gnash her terrible teeth as she read the 338 words that composed Maurice Sendak's most famous book, "Where the Wild Things Are. (Washington Post)
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Where the wild things are
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