Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak, the author who introduced millions of children worldwide to mischievous Max and his monsters in "Where The Wild Things Are," died Tuesday, his publisher said. He was 83.

Author Maurice Sendak, a forever favorite of children around the world for his magical stories and inventive illustrations -- including his classic "Where The Wild Things Are" -- died Tuesday at the age of 83.

Maurice Sendak, the author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' has died at the age of 83. Maurice Sendak, the author of Where the Wild Things Are, has died at the age of 83, The Los Angeles Times reported. Sendak's friend and caretaker Lynn Caponera told the paper that he suffered a stroke on Friday and died Tuesday at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut. Where the Wild Thing Are became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time. Time magazine declared Sendak ?the Picasso of children's books.? Wild Things, which was adapted into a motion picture in 2009, centers on Max, a lonely 8-year-old boy who imagines escaping to an island inhabited by creatures known as the Wild Things. Max is crowned their king before the chooses to return home. First published in 1963, when Sendak was in his 30s, Wild Things was a radical departure for the genre and created a stir. Librarians, psychologists and many adults came out against the book, saying it was too dark. Sendak, who also illustrated or

Dutch children's author Guus Kuijer on Tuesday won the 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, named after the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking, said the fund that awards the prize.

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First lady celebrates birthday of Dr. Seuss, hails the importance of reading. First lady Michelle Obama celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday Tuesday by reading "The Cat in the Hat" to a group of children wearing red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats like the book's main character.

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