In the Night Kitchen

Maurice Sendak

Harper & Row, Publishers, 2001 - Juvenile Fiction - 40 pages

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'.

About the author

Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began by illustrating other authors' books for children, but the first book that he both wrote and illustrated was Kenny's Window, published in 1956. In his lifetime, he illustrated over 80 books, and received many awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he was the first American to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal. He passed away in May 2012.

Bibliographic information

• Title: In the Night Kitchen; A Red Fox book; Red fox; Volume 2 of Wild thing trilogy, Czeena Devera
• Author: Maurice Sendak
• Illustrated by: Maurice Sendak
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, 2001
• ISBN: 0099417472, 9780099417477
• Length: 40 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Bedtime & Dreams; Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / General