[2]Maurice Sendak [3], innovative children’s author and illustrator, died today, Tuesday, May 08, 2012. He was 83. He wrote and illustrated such books as the trilogy Where the Wild Things Are [2](1963), In the Night Kitchen [4](1970), and Outside Over There [5](1981); The Sign on Rosie’s Door [6](1960); Higglety Pigglety Pop! [7] (1967) and his latest Bumble-ardy [8] (2011). Sendak also was an illustrator for numerous children’s authors, such as Else Holmelund Minarik [9]and Ruth Krauss [10]. His stories and drawings have thrilled a generation of young readers born in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s who are now sharing their love of these classics with the children in their lives.
- La Porte [11]
