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Title: In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak ISBN: 0-06-026668-6 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 31 January, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My daughter adores this book even if I don't.
Comment: I didn't want to give this book five stars. I fought against it, because I don't particularly enjoy the book. The illustrations aren't that attractive to me and it took me a while to get used to the rhythm of the words.
Having said that, I give this book five stars because my daughter LOVES this book. I sometimes have to hide it at night because I'm so tired of reading the "Mickey" book. Apparently Sendak knows an awful lot about what children like and how their minds work, because my daughter seldom tires of the story. (Her favorite part is when Mickey takes the measuring cup and goes up and up over the Milky Way.)
I'm honestly a little surprised over the "nekkid" controversy. It's not like the boy is drawn in explicit detail! My daughter's seen boy babies getting their diapers changed, so the concept of a penis is HARDLY frightening/startling/damaging to her. Geez, lighten up people!
Also, for those who were complaining about the concept of cake for breakfast, why don't we consider how many American children get French toast, pancakes, donuts, poptarts, or sugar-coated cereals for breakfast? Hardly nutritionally superior to cake, so I'm not lying in bed at night obsessing about the poor nutritional messages this book is sending to my child. :-)
Rating: 4
Summary: Is that Oliver Hardy in the kitchen!?
Comment: VERY cute story of a little boys dream. He goes to sleep and next thing you know he's bare bottomed and falling though space into the Night Kitchen. My 2 year old son got a real kick out of that! He ends up making a cake with cooks that look like Oliver Hardy! He has quite a big adventure looking for the milk for the morning cake. The art work is like a comic book, very clear and clean.Funny book , perfect for that "one more book" book.
Rating: 4
Summary: I liked it
Comment: I remember reading this book as a child and I have to say that I was neither disturbed by the nudity nor frightened by anything in the book. we must remember that Sendak is writing for children and as much as we hate to admit it adults often have no idea what will or will not frighten a child, at the same time each child is very different and what may frighten one child may not affect another in the least. From what I can tell children at a young age do not think being naked is a bad thing and the idea of playing in cake batter is a pleasent idea.
When it was read to me I was not at all embarrassed that Micky was naked in fact to me that was just part of the fun.
A children's story should be written for the audience and I think that Sendak possesses an incredible talent for telling the stories that children will love. And the really important part after all is that the child loves it.
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Title: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ISBN: 0060254920 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 09 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak ISBN: 0060255005 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 10 October, 1962 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak ISBN: 0060255234 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 22 April, 1981 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak ISBN: 0064432548 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 15 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Brundibar by Tony Kushner, Maurice Sendak, Michael di Capua ISBN: 0786809043 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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