RIP Maurice Sendak

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Author Maurice Sendak has died. The guy wrote one of the greatest children's book ever but lived long enough to see it get turned into an awful live action movie staring Tony Soprano. A shame all around.

[4NDR01D]

Sad News.
My wife and I have decided on the name Max if we have a boy, in no small part due to WTWTA being my all time favorite children's book.
And I was a huge fan of the film.

[kingdom warrior]

Awwwww sad to hear, Maurice was also an amazing Illustrator. "Where the Wild things are" was the first book I actually read on my own and still remember the first time I read it was on a rainy day, I loved and read the book so much, that my school teacher bought a copy for me to own.

[Earth 2 Chris]

A fantastic talent. He lived knowing how many lives he touched and enriched. Not a bad life at all.

Chris

[HardyGirl]

RIP Maurice. I remember the first book I read that he wrote was Pierre. I loved that book. My teacher loaned it to me and I read it over and over. I love WTWTA, and in tribute, I'm gonna read it to my class at story time today.

[Brazoo]

I love that his work never talked down to children. He didn't shy away from more difficult emotions like fear and anger. Like the other great children's writers I think he recognized that children are not "pure" or empty emotionally - they have complex feelings and physiological responses, even if they don't understand them or control them well.

This quote I found on Wikipedia made me laugh (I'm editing out some of the bad language):

Sendak was not a fan of ebooks, stating, "**** them is what I say, I hate those e-books. They can not be the future… they may well be… I will be dead, I won’t give a sh*t!"

Maurice Sendak

[Brazoo]

Author Maurice Sendak has died. The guy wrote one of the greatest children's book ever but lived long enough to see it get turned into an awful live action movie staring Tony Soprano. A shame all around.

I haven't seen the movie yet. It seemed like they were trying to do something ambitious - it didn't seem like they wanted to just slap something together to make a few bucks. Whether I think it worked out I can't say because I haven't seen it yet. I have heard a lot of bad responses - but I think the filmmakers at least tried to do something worth while - maybe it just didn't work out.

Sendak appreciated the movie:

“I’ve never seen a movie that looked or felt like this,” Sendak said. “And it’s his personal ‘this.’ And he’s not afraid of himself. He’s a real artist that lets it come through in the work. So he’s touched me. He’s touched me very much.”

When Spike met Maurice: Bringing latimes.com

[emeraldknight47]

I must've read WTWTA to my nieces and nephews probably a thousand times! They loved it everytime, too! The man was a genius and his talents will be sorely missed. RIP, Mr. Sendak....

[MegoMark71]

I am deeply saddened by this news. WTWTA was the first book i read by myself and i must have read it 1,000 times after that. He will be missed. My parents have a picture of me reading the book with a monster sized smile on my face.

[Hector]

A very influential talent has left us...he will be missed.

[Wee67]

Loved this book. I remember it being kind of scary as a kid. Like Max in the book, I ended up really appreciating my bedroom and how cool my ma really is.

BTW, I thought the film wonderfully captured all that.

[jwyblejr]

Didn't Nick do a series about one of his other books?

[wayne foundation 07]

He lives on in children everywhere.RIP, thanks for the stories!

[toys2cool]

RIP

[warlock664]

Didn't Nick do a series about one of his other books?

There was at least one animated series, Little Bear , based on his works. My daughter loved that show from the ages of 3 to probably 8 or so, we watched it together often. Man, I miss those days!