gingerhaze: We used to play around this mural all the time. My siblings and I had that book memorized. RIP, Maurice Sendak.

pri-arts: pbstv: “That manic kid in that silly wolf suit has made my life pleasurable.” In 2002, the PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown talked to Maurice Sendak about his roots as an artist and his interest in exploring children’s perceptions of everyday life. Read the interview and Maurice Sendak’s full biography from American Masters. The author passed away…

madewithpaper: A terribly sad day—Maurice Sendak passes away. Share with us your homages and remembrances using the “madewithpaper” tag, and we’ll collect them together for a post at the end of the day.  sketchylefty: Made with Paper

barthel: There are three things I’ve heard my wife talk about scaring her as a kid. One was briefly losing her parents on an escalator in a tube station; another was randomly happening upon a Catholic cartoon about Abraham and Isaac playing on TV (why was that dad killing his kid); and the third is…

theatlantic: “This is how Maurice Sendak sometimes sent his letters. Just imagine getting one.” (via Letters Of Note)

newyorker: Revisit Cynthia Zarin’s 2006 profile of Maurice Sendak: http://nyr.kr/IYFZBI. Also see “Max at Sea,” our excerpt from Dave Eggers’s “Where the Wild Things Are” novel: http://nyr.kr/K8HgZa