R.I.P., Maurice Sendak

[Eireann]

Yes, the author of one of my favorite childhood books, Where the Wild Things Are, is gone. No details yet.

http://news.yahoo.com/where-wild-thi...123725308.html

[AnaKhouri]

I have never been a huge Sendak fan, but I always loved the message of Wild Things, as I see it:

You can run away, be a wild thing, have a wild rumpus, but in the end you can always come home, and your supper will be waiting for you, and it will still be hot. I think every child needs to feel this kind of security, and Sendak made it clear to them in a fanciful, unique way.

He was a major force in children's literature and the world is a little less whimsical without him.