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In the Night Kitchen

Written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Hardcover

$18.95

$17.97

4 - 8

Reading age

Page count

329

Word count

AD480L

Lexile measure

Jan 18, 1970

Publication date

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What's This Book About

Publisher Summary

From the acclaimed author-artist Maurice Sendak comes a Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a fantastical dream world. This comic fantasy will delight readers of all ages with playful illustrations and an imaginative world only Sendak could create. In the Night Kitchen is the classic story of Mickey’s adventures in the bakers’ kitchen as they prepare our morning cake. “Milk in the batter! Milk in the batter! We bake cake and nothing’s the matter!” the bakers sing. The bakers in the night kitchen need more milk for their batter, but then Mickey falls into the cake! They decide to put him in the oven anyway, but Mickey has different plans. He escapes in a plane made of bread dough and helps the bakers find the milk at last.

What Kind of Book is In the Night Kitchen

Topics

New York bedtime and dreams baking dreams childhood imagination cakes nighttime adventures

Genres

classics fantasy and magic fiction

Reviews

Mom of Boys

4.00

Note: This book contains naked little boy pictures.

Marmee

4.00

I realize that this is a classic by an absolutely stupendous creative, but this is just not one of my favorites. The illustrations are great (as long as you aren't affronted by frontal nudity on a little boy), but the whole story just seems random and a little bit weird to me after revisiting from my childhood.

Book Lists That Include This Book

Books about classics

Books about New York

Books about fantasy and magic

The Creative Behind the Book

Author & Illustrator

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak was born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983, Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution of arts in America. He illustrated over 80 books. He died May 8, 2012.