“Once a little sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it: loved it. sent him a card and drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it: wrote; “Dear Jim: loved your card Then got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card SO much he ate it:’ That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received: He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything: He saw it; he loved it, he ate it:’ Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 boy