I liked it | In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)

we bake cake! and nothing's the matter! | In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)

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	• In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection) HarperCollins, 1996 - 40 pages average customer review:based on 101 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Lovely book for eternal rereading

I'm hardly surprised there are people objecting to Mickey's nakedness.. skin seems to terrify the small-minded.

As a kid, I read and reread this wonderful book, devouring the intricate backgrounds, dreaming of piloting a plane made of dough. I'm not sure I ever noticed he was naked: it just fits the story. Don't we all dream that we're unclothed, one time or another?

My son, now 28 months old, loves this book; we've got it memorized and recite it on long car rides. He dances with the chefs and makes airplane noises. He has yet to notice Mickey's ever naked, but if he does and seems repulsed by it, I'll come back and mea culpa. I doubt I'll have to. I'm more afraid he's going to start expecting to have "cake every morning."

Buy the book. Read with your children. Share the joy of these wonderful pictures and sweet story. Ignore the naysayers. .

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I liked it

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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we bake cake! and nothing's the matter!

Mickey is a fantastic throwback to the lovely lovely adventures of Little Nemo In Slumberland, an illustrated comic in American newspapers during the early 20th century. Like Little Nemo, Mickey's adventures drift from panel to panel in a dreamlike trance. The cooks who look like Oliver Hardy always struck me as the best part of the book; as well as Mickey floating in the giant bottle of milk as his little dough plane disintegrates.

Why do people find this book controversial? They are the same people who fear and have stifled the powers of their own imaginations. We have all had strange dreams like this, and Sendak has beautifully captured those sleepy moments. Why are they bothered by Mickey's state of undress? Who cares?

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In The Night Kitchen

It continues to amaze me how much of my childhood I can't remember. All the lesson I've learned from my parents were taking in, whether I truly listened was a different issue entirely. So when I recently mentioned to them that I remember this book. They were surpirsed. They joked how they wish other things they had read or said to me would of stuck as well. I'm 32 now, and what I do remember most about my childhood is a full of books. In The Night Kitchen - is one of those. I remember loving it so much back then that I asked if they still had it. Surprised and grateful - the book remains in our family. I'm looking forward to reading it again. In that instant I become the child in the backseat. "Are we there yet..."

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Neat story and great illustrations

I bought this book for my yet to be born child because my husband and I love cooking and we liked "Where the Wild Things Are". I really liked the story and the illustrations are wonderful.

It was noted in the other reviews, but I will mention it here as well that in select frames, Mickey is naked and does have a penis. If anyone has any concerns about this with reading it to their children they should probably find a different book.

reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, page 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

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