Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Maurice sendak

  • (CNN)-- I met the original Wild Thing when he was about halfway through his long life. At a conference of many fine artists and writers, Maurice Sendak was indisputably King of All Wild Things.
  • (CNN)
  • When artist and writer Maurice Sendak died Tuesday morning at the age of 83, he left behind a massive body of work, stretching back more than half a century. His most famous book, Where the Wild Things Are, sold nearly 20 million copies.
  • (Wired News)
  • Maurice Sendak, whose beautiful yet terrifying childrens book illustrations captured the imaginations of children of the 1960s and beyond, died on Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., after complications from a stroke. He was 83.
  • (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  • Iconic author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who died Tuesday morning, never had children.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • (CNN)-- Marla Frazee can remember the moment she pulled Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak out of the library shelves filled with picture books.
  • (CNN)
  • Maurice Sendak was not interested in being loved. His curmudgeonly persona became as much a part of his legend as his famed book, "Where the Wild Things Are." But loved he was.
  • (Washington Times)
  • 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)
  • NEW YORK (AP) - Maurice Sendak didnt think of himself as a childrens author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood. I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people, he explained to The Associated Press last fall.
  • (ksl.com)
  • Years before Maurice Sendak ever wrote or illustrated his first book, the British wit G.K. Chesterton explained why Sendaks approach to creating stories for children was so right, and why the parents who feared and fought Sendaks work were so wrong.
  • (Newsday)
  • LOS ANGELES -- When my son Noah was little - no more than 2 years old - his favorite book was Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, who died on Tuesday at age 83. We used to read it and reread it, every night before bed.
  • (Sacramento Bee)

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