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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.
The Brooklyn-born author, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, lost many family members in the Holocaust and spent time in bed with health problems as a child. After seeing the Disney movie “Fantasia” at the age of 12, an experience that influenced his work throughout his career, he decided to become an illustrator.
The beloved author of 'Where the Wild Things Are' dealt with the dark, fearful corners of a child's imagination. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
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The Monsters got him, after all, eh?
A lot of kids learned the love of reading with REAL books! Let's honor Sendak's memory by giving each of our grandchildren a copy of "Where the Wild Things Are"!
The monsters are always there, but most of the time they're not as bad as one thinks. RIP.