vivienneto: Farewell Maurice Sendak. Your imagination inspired so many…and my childhood was richer for it.

henrytheworst: RIP – Maurice Sendak

npr: My father, world-renowned virtuoso violinist and teacher Roman Totenberg, whose professional career spanned nine decades and four continents, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 101. His death was as remarkable as his life. He made his debut as a soloist with the Warsaw Philharmonic at age 11, performed his last concert when…

heyoscarwilde: “You must tell the truth about a subject to a child as well as you are able without any mitigating of that truth. You must allow that children are small, courageous people who deal every day with a multitude of problems, just as adults do, and that they are unprepared for most things. What…

vintagesesame: Maurice Sendak meets with Sesame Workshop co-founder Joan Ganz Cooney. During Sesame Street’s early years Sendak produced two animations and was a consultant for the show.

bookporn: Chicken Soup With Rice by Maurice Sendak.

heyoscarwilde: Thank you, Maurice. 8-bit Maurice Sendak illustrated by Andy Rash :: via iotacons.blogspot.ca

flavorpill: “I refuse to lie to children… I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.” Our tribute to Maurice Sendak

nevver: Dead at 83, Maurice Sendak