In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)

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: In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)

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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780060266684
Edition: Anv
ISBN: 0060266686
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 40
Publication Date: January 31, 1996
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Release Date: January 18, 1996
Studio: HarperCollins
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
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.

Product Description:

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

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- JUNKED UP PAGES
I PAID FOR THIS BOOK KNOWING IT WAS USED IN A READABLE STATE. BUT THE PAGES WERE FULL OF CRAYON AND PENCIL. I DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT SOMEONE WOULD EVEN SELL AN ITEM LIKE THIS. NOT HAPPY WITH THIS BOOK AT ALL!!

Rating:

- Get the Scholastic Sendak collection DVD to enjoy the book even more
As an adult, this has become my favorite children's book. My children loved this story on the DVD that Scholastic offers featuring Maurice Sendak stories. I think viewing this DVD, makes this book better since it lends a sing-song read to it afterwards. My kids & I love to quote the book when baking, singing "milk in the batter! milk in the batter! stir it! scrape it! make it! bake it!"

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- A Multi-generational classic
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak was one of the books that we read over and over and over again to our children. All of us can quote much of it by heart. My son (now 30) was a daredevil from day one and he especially identified with this book. This copy was purchased for our newest granddaughter's 1st birthday, who is already a climber and looks like she might become another Mickey aficionado.

Rating:

- My feelings have changed about this book over time
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 today 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 ... Read More

Rating:

- damaged book very disappointing
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.