In the Night Kitchen: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner -- Maurice Sendak

<p>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. </p><p><em>In the Night Kitchen </em>is the classic story of Mickey's adventures in the bakers' kitchen as they prepare our morning cake. <em>Milk in the batter Milk in the batter We bake cake and nothing's the matter </em> the bakers sing. </p><p>The bakers in the night kitchen need more milk for their batter, but then Mickey falls into the cake They decide to put him in the oven anyway, but Mickey has different plans. He escapes in a plane made of bread dough and helps the bakers find the milk at last.</p><p>A celebration of the primal, sensory world of childhood and an affirmation of its imaginative potency, proclaimed <em>Children's Books and Their Creators</em>. </p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Maurice Sendak<br><b>Publisher:</b> HarperCollins<br><b>Published:</b> 01/19/1996<br><b>Pages:</b> 40<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.92lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 11.24h x 8.72w x 0.41d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780060266684<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 4-8<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 2.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 0.5<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Lower Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>51312 / In the Night Kitchen<br><br><b>Award:</b> Caldecott Medal - Honor Book