书名：In the Night Kitchen午夜厨房
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数480L
读者对象：4-8岁
作者：Maurice Sendak莫里斯·桑达克
出版社名称：HarperCollins Children’s Books
出版时间：1996
语种：英文
ISBN：9780064434362
商品尺寸：21.6 x 0.3 x 27.9 cm
包装：平装
页数：40
★凯迪克奖八度获得者莫里斯·桑达克的代表作，1971年凯迪克银奖
★《午夜厨房》与《野兽国》《在那遥远的地方》并称为莫里斯·桑达克图画书三部曲
★对孩子原始感知力的庆祝，也是对孩子想象力的肯定

一个午夜，米奇被一阵奇怪的声音吵醒，在他的抗议声中，他跌入厨房里，那里有面包师傅正在做面包，而米奇也加入到这个热闹而香甜的工作中。他把厨房当成了银河，他驾驶着面团做的飞机，去牛奶瓶里畅游，参与到面包师傅做美味面包的有趣工作中。当天空中出现朝霞的时候，他如同完成了一次梦游探险，又回到了温暖的床上，回到了一个充满面包香味的睡梦中。

这个故事充满幻想，延续着桑达克的讲述方式，把孩子置于故事的核心，用他们天马行空的能量，来表达需求。桑达克在这本书的艺术创作中，借鉴了漫画和后波普艺术，还将迪士尼动画中的米老鼠融入其中，使其到也能让小读者找到共鸣。这本充满了想象力的图画书，出版后赢得了无数孩子的喜爱，并获得1971年的凯迪克银奖。

媒体评论：
“这本图画书讲述了米奇在面包师的厨房里冒险的故事，书中有一种天真的想象，画面上有很多美味的食物，文字简洁富有韵味，能给孩子带来纯粹的快乐。”——《新闻周刊》 

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 adventures in the bakers’ kitchen as they prepare our morning cake. “Milk in the batter! Milk in the batter! We bake cake and nothing’s the matter!” the bakers sing.
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.
“A celebration of the primal, sensory world of childhood and an affirmation of its imaginative potency,” proclaimed Children’s Books and Their Creators.
1971 Caldecott Honor Book
Notable Children’s Books of 1940-1970 (ALA)
Best Books of 1970 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children’s Books of 1970 (NYT)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 1970 (NYT)
Children’s Books of 1970 (Library of Congress)
Carey-Thomas Award 1971-Honor Citation
Brooklyn Art Books for Children 1973, 1975
莫里斯·桑达克（Maurice Sendak），是享誉世界的美国作家和儿童插图画家。他于1928年6月10日出生于纽约市布鲁克林区，是国际安徒生奖获得者。他非凡的艺术成就对现代儿童文学的发展影响深远，被称为“童画界的毕加索”、“图画书创始以来伟大的创作者”。桑达克曾8次荣获凯迪克奖，并于1970年获得了国际安徒生奖画家奖。1996年，荣获美国国会颁发的国家艺术奖章。2003年，他还获得了有“小诺贝尔奖”之称的“阿斯特丽德·林格伦纪念奖”。

Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983 Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America.