It's a sad day for anyone who's ever fallen in love with a children's book. Influential, unrivaled and famous author Maurice Sendak died this morning, at age 83, four days after he suffered a stroke. Maurice "revolutionized children's books and how we think about childhood simply by leaving in what so many writers before had excluded. Dick and Jane were no match for his naughty Max. His kids misbehaved and didn't regret it and in their dreams and nightmares fled to the most unimaginable places" (Associated Press).
If you've never had the privilege of being taken away by one of Maurice Sendak's books, here are a few suggestions to get you started:
Alligators All Around: An Alphabet
Pierre : a Cautionary Tale in Five chapters and a prologue
Very Far Away
Where The Wild Things Are
Also, make sure to take a look at this awesome blog inspired by the beloved Where The Wild Things Are, called Terrible Yellow Eyes. The pieces presented on this site were done as a tribute to his life and legacy.
And enjoy this brief and lovely adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are," almost undoubtedly his most famous book:
Then view this 2006 NBC interview with Maurice Sendak.
"Sendak spoke often, endlessly, about death in recent years - dreading it, longing for it. He didn't mind being old because the young were under so much pressure. But he missed his late siblings and his longtime companion, Eugene Glynn, who died in 2009. Work, not people, was his reason to carry on" (Associated Press).
We'll miss you, Maurice... but the wild things cried, "Oh please don't go! We'll eat you up, we love you so!"
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