<p>This image provided by HarperCollins shows the book cover of "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak. Sendak died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/HarperCollins)</p>
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May 8, 2012 7:28 a.m.
'Where Wild Things Are' author Sendak dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood.