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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780060266684
ISBN number: 0060266686
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 40
Printing Date: January 31, 1996
Publishing house: HarperCollins
Age index: Baby-Preschool
Release Date: January 18, 1996
Sale Popularity Level: 12527
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When asked, Maurice Sendak insisted that he was not a comics artist, but an illustrator. However, it's hard to not notice comics aspects in works like In the Night Kitchen. The child of the story is depicted floating from panel to panel as he drifts through the fantastic dream world of the bakers' kitchen. Sendak's use of multiple panels and integrated hand-lettered text is an interesting contrast to his more traditional children's books containing single-page illustrations such as his wildly popular Where the Wild Things Are.
Brief Book Summary:
1971 Caldecott Honor Book
Notable Children's Books of 1940--1970 (ALA)
Best Books of 1970 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)
Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)
Children's Books of 1970 (Library of Congress)
Carey-Thomas Award 1971--Honor Citation
Brooklyn Art Books for Children 1973, 1975
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As a mother and a teacher, I am always looking for quality books to read to my fourth graders as well as my 3 year old daughter. Although I would never be able to read In the Night Kitchen to my class (parent complaints and such), it didn't take long for my little girl to fall in love with this book.
Sadly, many children yesterday are lacking a tremendous amount of imagination, getting caught up in video games and the newest electronics. This is the primary reason why I knew I would expose her to Maurice Sendak. She's loved Where the Wild Things Are since she was a baby. I just checked out this book in the public library last week.
In my Children's Lit class in college many years ago, our teacher lectured us about the Freudian undertones of this children's book. Being young and impressionable, I vowed to myself to NEVER expose my future child to a book like this. Well, what can I say? I've learned quite a bit since then.
I'm a firm believer that nothing is a big deal unless you MAKE it a big deal. Sure, the book is certainly different from any other children's book you normally see. However, Sendak wrote this in 1970 and wanted it to be a nostalgic piece and he brought it into his illustrations. He was brought up reading comics of the 1940s, which is clearly seen in the story.
It's a whimsical, mystical story showing a journey through the imagination of a little boy. My daughter adores it and I often hear her quoting, "Quiet Down There!" and "Good bless me." I'm sure I will have a difficult time bringing this one back to the library, so I plan on purchasing it for her very soon. Thank goodness she has the Scholastic Video Collection that includes "Where the Wild Things Are" as well as "In the Night Kitchen."
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loved the book but the dust jacket and hard cover were both cut with a box cutter - probably when opening a warehouse shipment. Too bad.
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This is a wonderful book, especially for little boys. Both my children (male and female) loved it years ago and I give the book to new moms for their babies to enjoy.
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The plot is weird, yes, but encourages some good plot discusion between preschooler and parent. For instance, "Do you think this really happened, or was it just a dream?" The hand drawn (so nice to see in this computer type age) letters are attractive and much larger than you usually see in a picture book for preschoolers. The rich colors in the artwork is beautiful. Better than in Where the Wild Things Are. The detail in the pictures is beautiful. You can see the brush strokes, pen strokes and lines. The visual richness and the typography makes the story and words more compelling to a child, I think. We have four packed shelves of children's books and this is the very first book that has encouraged my just turned three daughter to start pointing to words and demanding me to sound them out. She wants to read it every night. This is one of the very first steps towards reading and literacy, so I am grateful. Yes, if you have a very vivid imagination you could see some sexual theme. Before he wakes up from his dream, the naked boy yells "Cock a Doodle Doo" at one point. I had to stifle a snicker. However, a child will remain innocent of any imagined sexual content if you don't mention it and don't let it become a point of obsession for you.
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