If you've ever joined the wild rumpus where the wild things are, or took some cautionary advice from Pierre, your life has been touched in some small way by author Maurice Sendak. The visionary children's writer and artist died today at the age of 83, following a stroke. He leaves behind him a rich, strange, and beautiful collection of work.
My favorite was always Chicken Soup with Rice - a poem my sister and I used to chant as kids whenever we got sick and had to live off of soup and rice. What's your favorite Sendak book? What memories do you connect with the stories he wrote?
