Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” was an ardent defender of children’s literature, believing the works of Beatrix Potter to be equal to “the greatest English prose writers that have lived.”

Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” was an ardent defender of children’s literature, believing the works of Beatrix Potter to be equal to “the greatest English prose writers that have lived.”