Remembering Maurice Sendak (1928 - 2012)

Obit Maurice Sendak In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, children's book "Outside Over There," by Maurice Sendak, is shown. Sendak, author and illustrator of popular children's books died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/HarperCollins, Copyright © 1981 by Maurice Sendak)

Obit Maurice Sendak In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, children's book "In the Night Kitchen," by Maurice Sendak, is shown. Sendak, author and illustrator of popular children's books died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/HarperCollins, Copyright © 1970 by Maurice Sendak)

Obit Maurice Sendak In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, children's book "Bumble Ardy," by Maurice Sendak, is shown. Sendak, author and illustrator of popular children's books died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/HarperCollins, Copyright © 2011 by Maurice Sendak)

5 En esta imagen proporcionada por HarperCollins, la portada del libro "Where the Wild Things Are" ("Donde viven los monstruos") de Maurice Sendak. Sendak murió el martes 8 de mayo del 2012 en un hospital de Danbury, Connecticut. Tenía 83 años. (AP Foto/HarperCollins)

AP Foto/HarperCollins

Maurice Sendak En esta foto de archivo del 6 de septiembre del 2011, el autor de libros infantiles Maurice Sendak ofrece una entrevista en su casa en Ridgefield, Connecticut. Sendak murió el martes 8 de mayo del 2012 en un hospital en Danbury, Connecticut. Tenía 83 años. (AP Foto/Mary Altaffer, Archivo)

AP Foto/Mary Altaffer, Archivo

MAURICE SENDAK-DECESO En esta foto de archivo del 25 de septiembre de 1985, el autor e ilustrador Maurice Sendak posa con uno de los personajes de su libro "Donde viven los monstruos", creado para su adaptación operática en St. Paul, Minesota. Sendak murió el martes 8 de mayo del 2012 en un hospital en Danbury, Connecticut. Tenía 83 años. (AP Foto/Archivo)

AP Foto/Archivo

Obit Maurice Sendak FILE - In this July 26, 1990 file photo, artist Maurice Sendak signs his individual prints from "The Mother Goose Collection," in New York. Sendak, author of the popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan, file)

AP Photo/Susan Ragan, file

Obit Maurice Sendak FILE - In this June 16, 1981 file photo, author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, poses in New York. Sendak, author of the popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/Thomas Victor, file)

AP Photo/Thomas Victor, file

Sendak FILE - In this October 1988 file photo, author Maurice Sendak, creator of the best-selling children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," checks proofs of art for a major advertising campaign in his Ridgefield, Conn., home. Sendak died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo, file)

AP Photo, file

Obit Maurice Sendak FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2005 photo released by Syracuse University in Florence, central Italy, Thursday Jan. 20, 2005, shows a moment of the Fantasy Opera in one act and nine scenes, "Where The Wild Things Are" which will premiere with a fund raising gala for Florence's Meyer Children's Hospital. The Opera's libretto and original designs are by U.S. illustrator Maurice Sendak. Sendak, author of the popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/Francesco Guazzelli, Syracuse University in Florence)

AP Photo/Francesco Guazzelli, Syracuse University in Florence