In the Night Kitchen

Sep 28, 2010 Architeuthis rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 1970s, childrens-books, meta-reviews

I have a confession to make, goodreads. You might want to sit down.

I've been seeing other literary social cataloguing websites.

No, wait, put that plate down. It wasn't because I really wanted to see anyone else. . . it was for my grade. *dodges plate* Wait, wait, let me explain! The thing is, I'm doing a big project on book reviews.

I'm analyzing the rhetorical differences between online book reviews and those published in print.

From meta-reviews to highly negative reviews, to reviews that are...more

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May 09, 2012 Ronyell rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-books, cult-classic, fantasy, humor-satire, maurice-sendak, picture-books, surreal, weston-woods, banned-books, reviewed-books, caldecott-honor, books-i-want-to-own, 1001-children-s-books-you-must-read, ronyell-s-epinions-reviews, read-in-1992, food-related-books, bedtime-stories, my-blog-reviews

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“In the Night Kitchen” is a follow-up of Maurice Sendak’s famous children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are” and has also received the distinguished Caldecott Honor Book Award. “In the Night Kitchen” is also one of the most controversial books in history due to many images of Mickey being naked during his dream trip to the Night Kitchen. This book details the adventures of a small boy named Mickey who journeys to the Night Kitchen and meets three unusual cooks and eventually save...more Revised Review:

“In the Night Kitchen” is a follow-up of Maurice Sendak’s famous children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are” and has also received the distinguished Caldecott Honor Book Award. “In the Night Kitchen” is also one of the most controversial books in history due to many images of Mickey being naked during his dream trip to the Night Kitchen. This book details the adventures of a small boy named Mickey who journeys to the Night Kitchen and meets three unusual cooks and eventually saves the day for everyone who eats cake in the mornings. Maurice Sendak’s surreal storyline and creative illustrations makes this book an instant treat to read.

Maurice Sendak’s surreal story and even more creative and beautiful illustrations, combine effectively in this book as they both delightfully detail Mickey’s adventures in the Night Kitchen. First of all, the story is beautifully surreal as it takes place in a strange dream world where milk cartons and food jars take place as buildings and the three bakers, who are always smiling and speaking in lyrical prose, occupy the population of this strange world. Also, Mickey’s descent into the Night Kitchen is extremely bizarre as he seems like he is a ghost when he falls through the ceilings and the floor, which clearly indicates that this was all a dream. Maurice Sendak’s illustrations are as creative as they are beautiful. He illustrates the Night Kitchen as a colorful world where the sky is full of white stars and food labels on various jars and cartons provide a colorful background. I love the way that Maurice Sendak contrasts the Night Kitchen from Mickey’s world as Mickey’s house is mostly a brown and red color making it seem like a boring place to be, while the Night Kitchen is a colorful world and seems like a lively place to be at. Also, the three bakers in white are truly mind-blowing as they are portrayed as happy, moustache looking men in chubby bodies and tall hats.

Parents should know that this book is controversial for a good reason. There is a brief scene of nudity in this book involving the title character, Mickey. For a fictional character, Mickey’s “private area” being exposed will definitely cause concern for many parents who want to read basic children’s stories to their kids. Also, many pages in this book have Mickey mostly nude and because of this reason, this book has been extremely controversial for many years. Parents who do not want their children to know about nudity at such a young age might want to steer away from this book since it has many nudity scenes.

“In the Night Kitchen” is an extremely unique and beautiful book about the wonders of the dream world and will surely captivate many children’s hearts just as “Where the Wild Things Are” has for many years. I would strongly recommend this book to children ages five years and older because the surreal plot may confuse many small children and the nudity scenes might not be appropriate for children ages four and under.

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Apr 16, 2008 Sally rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: picture-book

Any time a book has polarizing reviews, I'm interested as to why. This being a kids' book made me more interested. Seems one issue was the little boy's nekkedness.

That was not an issue for me at all. Kids like being naked. We all have strange dreams. (This book is the little boy's dream.)

What really weirded me out was the three fat bakers. They were creepy. I guess this confirms that I'm not a huge Maurice Sendak fan.... ;)

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Jun 04, 2008 Maria rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-by-author-r-s

This is an other book I feel like I had on tape. Then again, maybe it's just that the words have a very strong rhythm, like a chant, that makes me feel like I had it on tape. Anyway, the story is pretty surreal form the beginning; a little boy falls out of his bed and out of his clothes (to this day I am still surprised that Senak chose to use full frontal nudity throughout the story) and into a wild city where huge household products and food containers replace the buildings in the skyline. I a...more

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May 13, 2009 Miloš & Brontë marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: learning-to-read

Brontë: My favourite part was that he finded a way to get out of there, and he gone to sleep is my favourite, favourite, favourite one. And, um, and I love that there was a cake for everyone in the morning. And I like that he had a banana...just kidding...[giggles:]banana slice[more giggles:]. And I love that he got the milk for the bakers. That was really nice. And I love that he really had a piece of the cake. If he did in the real story.

Papa: What do you mean the "real story"?

Brontë: I mean t...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Amy Musser rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One night little Mickey falls asleep and into a fantastical dream. He falls out of bed, out of his clothes, through the house and into the night kitchen. There he finds three musical bakers who think Mickey is milk and try to stir and make, scrape and bake him into a delicious Mickey-cake to eat for breakfast in the morn. Fortunately, Mickey escapes becoming a cake and makes an airplane out of bread dough instead. Flying in his doughy contraption he is able to retrieve milk from a giant milk bot...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Kaia James rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

“In the Night Kitchen” is a follow-up of Maurice Sendak’s famous children’s book, Where The Wild Things Are and has also received the distinguished Caldecott Honor Book Award. “In the Night Kitchen” is also one of the most controversial books in history due to many images of Mickey being naked during his dream trip to the Night Kitchen. This book details the adventures of a small boy named Mickey who journeys to the Night Kitchen and meets three unusual cooks and eventually saves the day for eve...more “In the Night Kitchen” is a follow-up of Maurice Sendak’s famous children’s book, Where The Wild Things Are and has also received the distinguished Caldecott Honor Book Award. “In the Night Kitchen” is also one of the most controversial books in history due to many images of Mickey being naked during his dream trip to the Night Kitchen. This book details the adventures of a small boy named Mickey who journeys to the Night Kitchen and meets three unusual cooks and eventually saves the day for everyone who eats cake in the mornings. Maurice Sendak’s surreal storyline and creative illustrations makes this book an instant treat to read.

Maurice Sendak’s surreal story and even more creative and beautiful illustrations, combine effectively in this book as they both delightfully detail Mickey’s adventures in the Night Kitchen. First of all, the story is beautifully surreal as it takes place in a strange dream world where milk cartons and food jars take place as buildings and the three bakers, who are always smiling and speaking in lyrical prose, occupy the population of this strange world. Also, Mickey’s descent into the Night Kitchen is extremely bizarre as he seems like he is a ghost when he falls through the ceilings and the floor, which clearly indicates that this was all a dream. Maurice Sendak’s illustrations are as creative as they are beautiful. He illustrates the Night Kitchen as a colorful world where the sky is full of white stars and food labels on various jars and cartons provide a colorful background. I love the way that Maurice Sendak contrasts the Night Kitchen from Mickey’s world as Mickey’s house is mostly a brown and red color making it seem like a boring place to be, while the Night Kitchen is a colorful world and seems like a lively place to be at. Also, the three bakers in white are truly mind-blowing as they are portrayed as happy, moustache looking men in chubby bodies and tall hats.

“In the Night Kitchen” is an extremely unique and beautiful book about the wonders of the dream world and will surely captivate many children’s hearts just as “Where the Wild Things Are” has for many years. I would strongly recommend this book to children ages five years and older because the surreal plot may confuse many small children and the nudity scenes might not be appropriate for children ages four and under.
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May 17, 2012 Shawn Thrasher rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don't remember reading Where the Wild Things Are as a kid, but I do remember reading - or at least looking at - In the Night Kitchen. I'm sure it was because of the naked kid; I probably hunched over it with a group of other shocked and giggling kids (I remember doing the same thing with Gnomes in fifth grade because a gnome was peeing). Going back to In the Night Kitchen thirty-some years later, that's about the only thing I remembered. Whatever I thought it was about back then I don't know,...more

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Apr 23, 2012 Briar Rose rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-childrens-books, childrens

I remember reading In the Night Kitchen when I was a kid. It wasn't a favourite of mine, but Maurice Sendak's books have a way of sticking in the mind. I don't think it's his best book - it certainly doesn't offer much for the adult reader like Where the Wild Things Are does. Even Sendak's illustrations don't have the same crazy wild strangeness that they usually do. Although kids might find it fun, and it's got that interesting dream reality thing going on that Sendak enjoys so much.

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Feb 01, 2012 Bridgette Redman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It never hurts to have a bit of the bizarre in your life. Even if you're only two years old. Thankfully there are people such as Maurice Sendak who writes books that quietly warp our minds, shielding us from the danger of growing up dullards.

Sadly, I did not discover In the Night Kitchen as a child. It was only a few days ago at our library's bag sale that I picked up a coffee-stained worn copy of Sendak's creation. Then tonight I discovered it anew in pristine condition at the local Barnes and...more It never hurts to have a bit of the bizarre in your life. Even if you're only two years old. Thankfully there are people such as Maurice Sendak who writes books that quietly warp our minds, shielding us from the danger of growing up dullards.

Sadly, I did not discover In the Night Kitchen as a child. It was only a few days ago at our library's bag sale that I picked up a coffee-stained worn copy of Sendak's creation. Then tonight I discovered it anew in pristine condition at the local Barnes and Noble. I think I prefer the musty-smelling, stained one, for while the words and pictures are the same, the glossy, new pages can't quite capture the mystical aspects of this strange tale.

So why am I so charmed by this book? In what ways does it warrant the labeling "bizarre"? Let me attempt to explain.

The story begins on a late night long after everyone else has gone to bed. Mickey awakens to a clamouring below him. Rather than act frightened or intimidated,he hollers at whoever is making the racket to pipe down. He then begins falling

and falling

and falling.

Ever had that falling feeling in a dream? This is just one way that Sendak starts to transport you into this dream world of his. Mickey falls out of his clothes, past the room where his parents sleep and plops into the world of the night kitchen. The dark hues of the nighttime illustrations give way to large commercial-type pictures that suggest Andy Warhol has crept into the book and left his mark before sneaking back away.

The chefs of the night kitchen, three giantish men who look as though they are recent escapees from Mother Goose's Three Men in a Tub rhyme, happily stir Mickey into the cake batter, mistaking him for a cup of milk. He bursts out of the cake batter after being stuck in the oven.

The tale seems scripted from a restless night's dream, expertly weaving the absurd with the commonplace, and taking sudden, swift turns into new directions suggested by a single word or phrase. Although the book is consistently subtle in all but its imagination, it does make me think Sendak did a lot of thinking about dreams and their psychology before putting this book together.

I'll confess to a little bit of discomfort, though you'll probably think me squeamish or prudish. There is nudity in this children's book. Mickey falls out of his clothes and there are plenty of front-on shots of the nude Mickey. Yet, I think there is supposed to be an innocence here, one not colored by a fear of lurking child pornographers at every corner. The illustrations have an artistic integrity that I'd be hard-pressed to argue with. I think the pictures would lose their impact and their dreamlike inducements if the nudity were obscured. It would also insinuate that there was something shameful about this child in this world of dreams.

Overall, Into the Night Kitchen is a great book for children ages two to ten and for any adult. It teaches a subtle form of logic, one that is developed through odd relationships that make sense through the surface absurdity.(less)

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Sep 22, 2011 Caroline rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-literature

Why are we constantly embarrassed by our own bodies? This book is highly controversial because the main character is depicted nude. Many children grow up with low self-esteem and body-image issues because from the time we are reading them these children's books we are subconsciously telling them that their body is wrong or indecent. That is not to say that we should all go around naked, however I think many people are too concerned with nudity.
That aside, this book is very interesting Maurice S...more

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Aug 10, 2011 Christen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: picture-books

When nighttime noises wake a boy named Mickey, he falls out of his clothes and into the night kitchen. The three bakers stir Mickey into some cake batter after they mistake him for milk. He pops out of the baking cake and fashions a plane for himself out of bread dough to retrieve real milk from the Milky Way. Then he returns cake-free and dry to his bed. Children will be drawn to the repetition and rhyme and fun compound phrases, such as Mickey-cake. The clever and imaginative illustrations suc...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Christen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When nighttime noises wake a boy named Mickey, he falls out of his clothes and into the night kitchen. The three bakers stir Mickey into some cake batter after they mistake him for milk. He pops out of the baking cake and fashions a plane for himself out of bread dough to retrieve real milk from the Milky Way. Then he returns cake-free and dry to his bed. Children will be drawn to the repetition and rhyme and fun compound phrases, such as Mickey-cake. The clever and imaginative illustrations suc...more

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Jun 03, 2010 Caris rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

Here is where I go off about censorship.

Where do you get the right, motherfuckers, to alter someone else’s work just because it doesn’t meet your rigid little view of decency? Are we not all naked under our clothes? Must we really be ashamed to see ourselves as we naturally occur?

Children do not mind being naked. We teach them that it is wrong. We teach them this by drawing cute little black underpants on the young male protagonist of an iconic children’s book. We teach children that their nake...more

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Nov 11, 2009 Matt rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: illistated-by-same-artist

In the Night Kitchen: written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak
The second of two books illustrated by the same artist
Recommended for grades Kindergarten- 2nd grade
I really enjoyed reading this book. Sendak’s illustrations and text reflect what an imaginative artist he is. He is able to get into the mind of a child and put it to paper as well as any author can. I gave this a 5 because it takes the reader on a great journey and it allows the reader to incorporate their imagination.
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Jul 14, 2009 Heidi rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: award-winners, so-called-must-reads, children-0-12, picture-books, fiction

Uh, well, I tried to be grown-up and open-minded, but I (like some others) was a little surprised that Sendak would illustrate full frontal nudity. More than once. And of a child. So naked children are a bit more common in public than adults (whether intended or not). That still doesn't mean it's right. At least in this society. And in my opinion. So, I found it slightly unsettling, even in trying to put it in the context of a child's dream.

That aside, I didn't like the story either. The child...more

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May 18, 2009 3Dyneisha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There are at least 100 and more books that are banned in the United States. Books of all kinds are being prohibited from schools and some libraries. But what’s the reason? Why are they being banned? Should books even be allowed to be banned? These are all questions that need answers.
I think books should not be banned. All subjects no matter how realistic they are should be allowed to be printed and exposed to the world. Reading books that covers certain topics can teach us how to look at the w...more There are at least 100 and more books that are banned in the United States. Books of all kinds are being prohibited from schools and some libraries. But what’s the reason? Why are they being banned? Should books even be allowed to be banned? These are all questions that need answers.
I think books should not be banned. All subjects no matter how realistic they are should be allowed to be printed and exposed to the world. Reading books that covers certain topics can teach us how to look at the world differently, in someone else eyes. Banned books such as “Go ask Alice” and the “Chocolate War” was both interesting books. They exposed the down sides of life that many people only hear about or see on movies.
“Go ask Alice” was a diary type book telling the life of a young girl moving into a new town. Alice used to be a happy teenager but the town showed her a new life that she without notice, jumped in. She got her first taste of the drug LSD at a house party; leading her to a world feel with prostitution, drugs, and obstacles she must face on her own. Alice got so bad that she was sent to a mental institution. She later died from an overdose. This book caused much controversy amongst parents who were worried about their young daughters reading such a book. The book was supposed to be a ploy to stop the rapid drug rate in teens. Instead the book drew kids in so much it became a “must read book” in the 70’s. Parents were outraged. Complaints began to come and the book was banned. Parents felt the book encouraged drug use, sex, and the topic was to mature for teens.
“Chocolate War” is a book about an orphan Jerry Renault who attends an all boy school Trinity High School. There he is bullied and abused by the school gang “ The Vigils”. “The Vigils” assigned people in the schools, mostly the “losers”, assignments that they must complete no matter how physical they were. Jerry assignment was to sale chocolates, but he refused to obey “The Vigils” and their leader Archie Costello. The gang asked Jerry everyday and everyday he said no. This made them angry. Archie and The Vigils made Jerry life miserable after that. They would whip on him, trash his locker, and prank calls him all times of the night driving Jerry insane. This book was banned as well. Parents felt the violence that took place in the “Chocolate War” was not for young teens. The book also contained explicit language and masturbation went on in the book.
When people banned books in the United States its usually motivated by these factors; Religion, Political views, violence, sexual content, and homosexuality. Sometimes book critics and parents look to deep into books searching for these factors. When I read a book I read it for entertainment. It seems these days book critics read books just to search for a reason to ban it. It has gotten so bad that even children literature books are being banned.
Early this school year my English teacher assigned the class projects. We were asked to look up the banned books assigned to us. My book was ‘In the Night kitchen” by Maurice Sendak. Maurice Sendak was famous for his illustrations in child books. He was also famous for writing his own children books, receiving awards for many. He was mostly known for his book “Where the wild the wild things are”. He received the Caldecott Medal. When he released “In The Night Kitchen” he received nothing but controversy. Parents felt the book was to mature for young children. The character in the book “Mickey” who was no older than 3, roamed naked in the book. “In the night kitchen” was set in Mickey’s dream, which was in the kitchen of 3 jolly bakers. Parents wanted this book banned for 3 main reasons; Mickey was NAKED, he roamed the streets ALONE, and the book had MASTURBATION in it. Masturbation in a children book? Yes! The drawing in the book did not sit well with some critics. NUDITY + FREE FLOWING MILKY FLUIDS + “BIG PHALLIC” MILK BOTTLES = MASTURBATION. While Sendak had supposing admitted that the book is about a small boy glorifying in his sensuality. Critics have taken it to the extreme saying these things are convenient symbols within rebellious tale about masturbation.
When I hear books are banned I feel like people are trying to withhold information. No information is to mature. I think no book no matter the topic or subject should be banned. If you think it is to violent, or have to much sex in it than you should put it down and pick another book more on your level don’t ruin it for those that like to extend their learning.

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Dec 20, 2012 Cuong Truong rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

WIDER READING FOCUS: Cooking/Fantasy/Giving instructions

Let your imagination run wild as you follow Mickey’s adventures from the comfort of his bed to the fantasy world of baking bread. Mickey is mistakenly used as an ingredient to bake a gigantic cake, but fortunately is able to escape and rectifies the problem by going in search of the missing ingredients. We follow him in this comic strip style book, which for some reason all the text is in uppercase.
It might intrigue you to know this book wa...more

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Jan 15, 2012 Alessandra Kelley rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s, fantasy, favorites

Never mind "Where the Wild Things Are," this was my favorite Maurice Sendak book ever when I was a child.

Mickey, Sendak's quintessential little boy, shouts about the noise as he's trying to sleep and falls out of bed and out of his pyjamas into the Night Kitchen. The kitchen is an incredible cityscape made out of old-fashioned (fictional) food packages, a loving homage in equal parts to Depression-era New York City and to ancient advertisements and food. Three giant chefs, all caricatures of Oli...more

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Oct 04, 2012 Johncady rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak follows the night time adventure of Mickey. It follows a very similar story arc to that of Where The Wild Things Are, and Mickey bares much resemblance to Max. Mickey falls through the floor into the "nigh kitchen" where the bakers are making a cake. He is accidentally cooked into the cake, but escapes. He uses his own creativity to construct an airplane out of dough, which is an expression of the creative power of the mind in dreams. He then helps the bake...more

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Jun 10, 2009 Marcia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-picture, fantasy

The story teaches how dreams are extensions of our imagination. It also teaches that people, such as bakers, work through the night while we are sleeping just so that we can have freshly baked cakes when we wake up!! : I did not immediately like this story. After reading it a few times, I realized the story was about a child’s use of imagination, something that we as adults don’t often use. Why did Mickey chose a bakery to dream about? Did he live above one and could smell the delicious aroma of...more

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Feb 18, 2013 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library-materials-for-children, sendak-maurice

In the Night Kitchen, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, is one of the more controversial children's books out there. The main source of controversy stems from the fact that Mickey appears naked in several illustrations. Other sources of contention include allusions to the Holocaust, as Mickey is put into the oven by two mustachioed men, as well as what could be read as sexual connotations during the scenes where Mickey is swimming in a bottle of milk. The surface plot of the story is th...more

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May 10, 2012 Winonah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the first and only book by Maurice Sendak I've read. Somehow I missed his other books, including Where the Wild Things Are. Sadly, I didn't read this as a child. It was prominently displayed in a local bookstore, catching my attention with the little boy's imaginative use of a measuring cup as a helmet. He makes a dreamy, almost out-of-bodyish visit to a bakery at night to see for himself how bread gets made. What makes it an exceptional story is that Mickey decides to help the bread get...more

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Nov 06, 2010 Katie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 20th-century, american, award-winner, children, firstmilk, favorites

My husband bought this book for me after I had listened to a recording of Maurice Sendak's remarkable interview from NPR's Fresh Air in 1993. In this interview, he talked with Terry Gross about how much it saddened him that In the Night Kitchen, his favorite work, is so often reduced to the conflict surrounding a little boy's penis. Our tendency to immediately treat sexuality in an accusatory or blame-worthy way, he said, does not speak well of our culture.

Maurice Sendak is one of my favorite au...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Almeta rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: its-a-no-no, shortcut, flick-lit

"When Mickey (who looks to be about three years old) enters the Night Kitchen, he loses his pajamas and is fully naked in some parts of the story. Critics object to Mickey's nudity which depicts not only his buttocks, but also his penis and testicles. Some also interpret sexual innuendo in the events, with the nudity, free-flowing milky fluids, and giant (allegedly phallic) milk bottle.... As a result, the book proved controversial in the United States on its release and has continued to be so....more

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Nov 02, 2011 Vivian rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: picture-books

This week's story times were inspired by Sendak's In the Night Kitchen.

The Madison Library District was one of 35 nationally-selected libraries chosen by the American Library Association to host a new traveling exhibition that explores the influence of Jewish culture and history in the work of renowned illustrator Maurice Sendak. The exhibit is an exploration of his illustrations and picture books, revealing connections between these iconic works and his childhood, family, and the popular cultu...more

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Apr 19, 2009 Cindy Benabderrahman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Aunts who read to their charming little nephews, people who imagine things

Shelves: books-4-children, edu-543-lit-4-children-project

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Mickey wakes up in the middle of the night in a dream. He hears bumps and thumps, and he screams “QUIET DOWN THERE!” before falling out of bed, down past the moon and his parents bedroom, down through the floor and into a dreamscape of pots and pans and mixing bowls and sugar and baking supplies reminiscent of a city skyline at night, in the Night Kitchen. There, he finds himself getting mixed into a giant cake batter by giant Night Kitchen Chefs, who mistake him for ingredients. Mickey q...more

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Jul 08, 2011 Christopher Clark rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mickey awakes from his sleep to pounding noises downstairs. He falls out of bed, out of his clothes, and into a cake that three bakers are making for morning. When they try to bake him, he jumps out, proclaiming that he’s not milk, and makes a plane out of dough to fetch milk for the bakers. He flies higher and higher, to the Milky Way, with a measuring cup, and pours down milk so the bakers can complete the cake. Finally, he slides down the jug and back into bed, all of it seeming to have been...more

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Jun 20, 2011 Kelly rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As children's books go, this is indeed a strange one.

Micky is a sleeping child who is awakened, and somehow transfereed to a magical 'night kitchen' sans his clothes (hence the controversy). The bakers there attempt to bake him into a cake, but covered in dough - Mickey just won't have it. He finds the bakers milk, and that is why (as the tale goes) we have cake in the morning.

I was confused a bit by this story. The atatomically correct Mickey didn't really bother me (though I couldn't quite gra...more

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Aug 16, 2012 Melanie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-literature, picture-book, baking, caldecott-honor, caldecott-honor-illustrator, caldecott-winning-illustrator, imagination, bedtime, dreams, fantasy

Mickey hears thumping in the night and when he stands up to tell the noise to quite down he falls through the night, out of his clothes and into the Night Kitchen. In the Night Kitchen there are bakers who are baking the morning cake and need milk. When Mickey falls into the cake they think he is the milk. So they mix him into the batter and then put the cake into the oven. Thankfully Mickey gets out and tells the bakers that he is not milk. He begins to play with the bread dough until it is sha...more

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