Illustrated by Sendak in color throughout lettering by Diana Blair. In original unclipped (£1.25 net) color pictorial dust jacket.
A Caldecott Honor book as elaborate and audacious as its influences. The book's comic-like aesthetic draws heavily from influences in the world of cartooning, most importantly Winsor McCay's early 20th-century comic LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND, which Sendak called an "elaborate and audacious fantasy" - IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN is "in part, an homage to Winsor McCay" (Sendak's foreword to WINSOR MCCAY: His Life and Art). Frequently banned for depicting its protagonist fully nude, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN takes readers through a lush nonsense world featuring serenely inimical bakers and verses that mimic the rhythms of William Blake's verse.
A surreal exploration of the vivid paths of children's minds as they drift to sleep, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN is the philosophical sequel to WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and continues that book's revolutionary focus on the inner emotional lives of children. First UK edition of the dreamland bedtime adventure and Caldecott Honor book. A clean pristine copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Fearful of their children seeing an innocent picture of a fictional boy's genitals, some parents and librarians took the liberty of drawing nappies/diapers on Mickey (see above) others thought it easier to just burn the entire book. He falls naked into a giant mixing pot that contains the batter for the "morning cake".When released in the early-1970s, Maurice Sendak's children's book, In the Night Kitchen, caused quite a stir for one particular reason: its protagonist ? a young boy named Mickey ? was drawn nude in some illustrations. Suddenly, he begins to float, and loses all of his clothes as he drifts into a surreal world called the "Night Kitchen". A young boy named Mickey sleeps in his bed when he is disturbed by noise on a lower floor. White linen boards and spine with appliqué illustration on front board with title and author. DJ: Very Good + NOT Price Clipped ($ 8.95) rear flap lists 7 Sendak titles light wear to head, tail, and tips from shelving 3 small punctures in the spine upper half. Silver Caldecott Honor Book Seal on DJ Front.
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