"‘Dear Mr. Sendak,’ read one [letter], from an 8-year-old boy. ‘How much does it cost to get to where the wild things are? If it is not expensive, my sister and I would like to spend the summer there.’"

Maurice Sendak, Children’s Author, Dies at 83 - NYTimes.com (via leopoldgursky)

Sad but sweet

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