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In the Night Kitchen is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, first published in hardcover in 1970 by Harper and Row. The book depicts a young boy's dream … Wikipedia
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In the Night Kitchen - Wikipedia
September 5, 2025 - In the Night Kitchen is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, first published in hardcover in 1970 by Harper and Row. The book depicts a young boy's dream journey through a surreal baker's kitchen where he assists in the creation of a cake to be ready by the morning.
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[partially lost] In The Night Kitchen animated short
If you have Kanopy (streaming app, free with library card!) It is on there, with tons of other animated children's books. More on reddit.com
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TIL a children's book called In the Night Kitchen has been called "morally problematic" and has been on many banned book lists in the US because it depicts a cartoon image of a naked baby boy.
I used to read this book to my daughter a lot, and never really thought much about it, then I read somewhere online that people were upset about the bakers being with a young boy, that when he goes in the batter or the milk it's some euphemism for a sexual act. tl;dr- people project their own rotten thoughts onto something innocent. More on reddit.com
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"The Kitchens" of the Night's Watch by Tommy Scott (that's me!)

Wow, AMAZING! That is much more how I actually pictured the kitchen. I love the hearth!

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Noticed that intact night elf houses in Val'sharah have kitchens in them
Legion had some of my favorite environmental storytelling in the game More on reddit.com
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Books of Wonder
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In the Night Kitchen – Books of Wonder
First published 25 years ago, this magnificent bedtime fantasy B A 1971 Caldecott Honor Book B tells how little Mickey falls out of bed and into the night kitchen. There, he builds an airplane out of bread dough and flies off to get milk for ...
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Substack
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In the Night Kitchen - by Jolene Handy
October 17, 2023 - In The Night Kitchen, a Caldecott Honor Book, was published in 1970.
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Buxtonbooks
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In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak | Buxton Books
From the acclaimed author-artist Maurice Sendak comes a Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a fantastical dream world. This comic fantasy will delight readers of all ages with playful illustrations and an imaginative world only Sendak could create.
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Buildingalibrary
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In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak: Two Different Readings
October 5, 2011 - For me, In the Night Kitchen is a PERFECT library book – it has the potential to be a big hit or a big miss, depending on your household, so being able to pilot it at your local library first before bringing it home is a very good thing.
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Goodreads
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In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak | Goodreads
Sendak's hero Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake. So begins an intoxicating dream fantasy, described by the artist himself as 'a fantasy ten feet deep in reality'.
Author   Maurice Sendak
Pages   40
Rating: 4 ​ - ​ 1.05K votes
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AbeBooks
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In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, First Edition - AbeBooks
BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, ... Honor-winning tale of a fantastical dream world. In the Night Kitchen is the classic story of Mickey's adventures in the bakers' kitchen as they prepare our morning cake."...
Author   Sendak, Maurice
Published   1970
Price   USD 2422.75
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
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Case Study: In The Night Kitchen – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Maurice Sendak’s books have been frequently challenged in libraries, in particular his children’s book In the Night Kitchen, an award-winning book that features a young boy’s dream journey through a baker’s kitchen. The book upset many librarians and adults because its young protagonist, Mickey, was depicted in the nude.
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r/lostmedia on Reddit: [partially lost] In The Night Kitchen animated short
May 29, 2024 -

Looking for the animated adaptation of Maurice Sendak's picture book In the Night Kitchen. According to IMDB, it was directed by Gene Deitch, written by Maurice Sendak (obviously), and starred Peter Schickele as the narrator.

I watched it as a child, on a DVD that also contained excerpts from Really Rosie IIRC.

Here is the only stuff I found on YouTube: Someone's YTP that uses footage from the short and the credits.

I have a feeling that the reason it's not readily available would be to do with the controversy surrounding the original book's nudity. No comment on that, but I enjoyed the music as a kid so I would love to hear it again haha.

I'll dig through my old DVDs and if I find it, I'll upload it to YouTube. I have a feeling I won't still have it though, unfortunately. Any help is appreciated.

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University of Michigan
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ORIGINAL PAPER Psyche and Society in Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen
Sendak, M. (1970) In the Night Kitchen. New York: Harper Collins. Sendak, M. (1981) Outside Over There. New York: Harper Collins. Sendak, M. (1963) Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper Collins. ... The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000.
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Parnassus Books
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In the Night Kitchen | Parnassus Books
From the acclaimed author-artist Maurice Sendak comes a Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a fantastical dream world. This comic fantasy will delight readers of all ages with playful illustrations and an imaginative world only Sendak could create. In the Night Kitchen is the classic story of Mickey's ...
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Barnes & Noble
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In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Honor Book) by Maurice Sendak, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble®
In the Night Kitchen is the classic story of Mickey's adventures in the bakers’ kitchen as they prepare our morning cake. "Milk in the batter! Milk in the batter!
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IndieCommerce
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In the Night Kitchen: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner | The Dock Bookshop
January 10, 2023 - From the acclaimed author-artist Maurice Sendak comes a Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a fantastical dream world. This comic fantasy will delight readers of all ages with playful illustrations and an imaginative world only Sendak could create. In the Night Kitchen is the classic story of Mickey's ...
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Marshall Libraries
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Banned Books 2025 - In the Night Kitchen - Marshall Libraries
August 20, 2025 - Llano County (TX) Commissioners forced the library system to remove four books (I Need a New Butt by Dawn McMillan, Freddie the Farting Snowman by Jane Bexley, In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, and It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris) ...