Maurice Sendak: Danbury, Conn

Lynn Caponera Dept: Longtime friend and caretaker Lynn Caponera said she was with him when Sendak died at a hospital in Danbury, Conn. She said he had a stroke on Friday, according to The Star. Sendak didn t limit his career to a safe and successful formula of conventional children s books, though it was the pictures he did for wholesome works such as Ruth Krauss A Hole Is To Dig and Else Holmelund Minarik s Little Bear that launched his career and dANBURY, CONN. Maurice Sendak, the children s book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen , died early Tuesday. He was 83. Where the Wild Things Are earned Sendak a prestigious Caldecott Medal for the best children s book of 1964 and became a hit movie in 2009. President Bill Clinton awarded Sendak a National Medal of the Arts in 1996 for his vast portfolio of work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.