 Front cover, designed by Maurice Sendak | |
| Author | Maurice Sendak |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Maurice Sendak |
| Cover artist | Sendak |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
Publication date | September 18, 1970 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 40 |
| ISBN | 978-0-0602-5489-6 |
| OCLC | 103953 |
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. In the Night Kitchen has been described by Sendak as part of a trilogy of books based on psychological development from In the Night Kitchen (toddler) to Where the Wild Things Are (pre-school) to Outside Over There (pre-adolescent).[1] It was a Caldecott Honor recipient in 1971. It was adapted into a five-minute animated short film on January 1, 1987, directed by Gene Deitch, released by Weston Woods and narrated by the late Peter Schickele, who would later narrate the updated version of Where the Wild Things Are, also directed by Gene Deitch and released by Weston Woods a year later. The book drew controversy in the US due to depictions of nudity.
- ^ Gottlieb, Richard M. (2008). "Maurice Sendak's Trilogy: Disappointment, Fury, and Their Transformation through Art". Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 63: 186–217. doi:10.1080/00797308.2008.11800804. ISBN 978-0-300-14099-6. PMID 19449794. S2CID 25420037.