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grandmama61's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book!!!!! I discovered it in college when I took a class in children’s literature. I read this to my children and will now pass this to my daughter to read to my grandsons.
meginsanity's review
5.0
To the person (librarian, patron, library employee or hippopotamus) who censored this book: you are a jerk, and I hope you realize that scribbling ever so carefully over Mickey's private parts meant you focused more on them than anybody else who's going to read the book. Doesn't that make you the pervert?
Anyway: This book is wonderful. It made me wish I had read it aloud to somebody because there was so much rhythm in the text. Mickey's expressions are great. I can't wait to read this to my kids, but I'll buy a copy for myself. At least the bookstores want to make money, so they won't censor.
Anyway: This book is wonderful. It made me wish I had read it aloud to somebody because there was so much rhythm in the text. Mickey's expressions are great. I can't wait to read this to my kids, but I'll buy a copy for myself. At least the bookstores want to make money, so they won't censor.
lokidotter's review
4.0
The story was very strange, however the images are amazing and so I feel compelled to rate it higer
toebean5's review
5.0
I don't even know what I just read. This is like a trippy dream of a hungry boy. I really enjoyed it.
mdevlin923's review
2.0
Young boy, Mickey, wakes up to loud noises from the bakers downstairs. He falls into the "night kitchen", a dream in which he helps the bakers prepare the morning cake.
Nonsensical and surreal (with some serious and foreboding undertones), I didn't feel like the illustrations and plot matched the upbeat, chanting text.
Nonsensical and surreal (with some serious and foreboding undertones), I didn't feel like the illustrations and plot matched the upbeat, chanting text.
amfrtsedi's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
Sendak’s art is beautiful and does more work than the words. The story reads more fantastical/dreamy than grounded.
kathydavie's review against another edition
5.0
A standalone picture book with warm and cozy illustrations of a populated kitchen with an heroic Mickey dreaming to the rescue.
In 1970, In the Night Kitchen won the Best Books of 1970, Outstanding Children's Books of 1970, Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1970, Children's Books of 1970 (Library of Congress), and Notable Children's Books of 1940–1970. In 1971, it won the Caldecott Honor Book and received an Honor Citation for the Carey-Thomas Award. In 1973 and 1975, it won the Brooklyn Art Books for Children. In 1982, it won the Vlag en Wimpel Penseeljury. And it's one of those awarded books that truly deserve it!
My Take
Just like Mickey, I was falling — into the story's illustrations, fascinated by the "kitchen" Sendak created. I loved the buildings of pantry goodies with mixing blades, light bulb cages, and handles acting as building toppers in those warm, soft browns and reds.
The kids will get a perverse giggle out of a full-frontal Mickey landing in the cake batter *snicker*. (There is/was a lot of controversy about this and resulted in In the Night Kitchen becoming a banned book. I can understand why conservatives who react without thought would freak, but I don't see that it's a big deal (no pun intended *grin*) And like I said, the kids will find it funny.)
There is a lot of imagination in Sendak's In the Night Kitchen, from its pantry-product buildings with their appliance toppers. The crazy chefs who simply see Mickey as yet another ingredient out of which he must escape. I suspect the kids will get another laugh at the idea of being baked in a cake. Makes me think of that nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence", with its own version of pie, *laughing*.
See if the kids can find the inspiration for Mickey's bread dough plane.
Yep, that Mickey's a hero, and I did enjoy the "seals" (front and back) of a heroic Mickey in his cake batter suit!
Who knew so much went on in the kitchen at night…and why haven't they visited me!
The Story
It's that thump, dump, clump that wakens our hero who finds himself falling through the house only to land in a bowl of cake batter. At least it's a soft landing!
It's up to our hero to retrieve the missing ingredient. Or else there will be no cake in the morning!
The Characters
Mickey is a child who had been sleeping in his bed until woken by a thump in the night.
A triplet of fat, happy chefs with mustaches all decked out in their cooking whites and hats.
The Cover and Title
The cover is warm and cozy browns with Mickey wearing a milk pitcher on his head and cake batter as a flying suit, soaring in his bread dough airplane over the "city" skyline of beans, bread, cream, cake, and 10¢ coupons. The title is a muted burgundy at the top, arching over the author's name in cocoa brown.
The title is what Mickey discovers In the Night Kitchen.
In 1970, In the Night Kitchen won the Best Books of 1970, Outstanding Children's Books of 1970, Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1970, Children's Books of 1970 (Library of Congress), and Notable Children's Books of 1940–1970. In 1971, it won the Caldecott Honor Book and received an Honor Citation for the Carey-Thomas Award. In 1973 and 1975, it won the Brooklyn Art Books for Children. In 1982, it won the Vlag en Wimpel Penseeljury. And it's one of those awarded books that truly deserve it!
My Take
Just like Mickey, I was falling — into the story's illustrations, fascinated by the "kitchen" Sendak created. I loved the buildings of pantry goodies with mixing blades, light bulb cages, and handles acting as building toppers in those warm, soft browns and reds.
The kids will get a perverse giggle out of a full-frontal Mickey landing in the cake batter *snicker*. (There is/was a lot of controversy about this and resulted in In the Night Kitchen becoming a banned book. I can understand why conservatives who react without thought would freak, but I don't see that it's a big deal (no pun intended *grin*) And like I said, the kids will find it funny.)
There is a lot of imagination in Sendak's In the Night Kitchen, from its pantry-product buildings with their appliance toppers. The crazy chefs who simply see Mickey as yet another ingredient out of which he must escape. I suspect the kids will get another laugh at the idea of being baked in a cake. Makes me think of that nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence", with its own version of pie, *laughing*.
See if the kids can find the inspiration for Mickey's bread dough plane.
Yep, that Mickey's a hero, and I did enjoy the "seals" (front and back) of a heroic Mickey in his cake batter suit!
Who knew so much went on in the kitchen at night…and why haven't they visited me!
The Story
It's that thump, dump, clump that wakens our hero who finds himself falling through the house only to land in a bowl of cake batter. At least it's a soft landing!
It's up to our hero to retrieve the missing ingredient. Or else there will be no cake in the morning!
The Characters
Mickey is a child who had been sleeping in his bed until woken by a thump in the night.
A triplet of fat, happy chefs with mustaches all decked out in their cooking whites and hats.
The Cover and Title
The cover is warm and cozy browns with Mickey wearing a milk pitcher on his head and cake batter as a flying suit, soaring in his bread dough airplane over the "city" skyline of beans, bread, cream, cake, and 10¢ coupons. The title is a muted burgundy at the top, arching over the author's name in cocoa brown.
The title is what Mickey discovers In the Night Kitchen.
lidiaaa222's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0