"Dear Mr. Sendak," read one (a letter to Sendak) 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:  June 10, 1928--May 8, 2012

* From the New York Time obit.  Here's the link:        http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?hp