Parents are getting help from Called2Action, a Christian group that says its mission is to 'promote and defend our shared family values. The bold illustrations feature three gigantic cooks who mix Mickey into their morning cake baking. Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn in 1928. In 2003 he received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government. Maurice Sendak’s unique style of writing, bumps and rollicks the reader through the child’s dreamscape, which is both peculiar and exciting. In 1997, Sendak received the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton. Missouri - Damaged in Springfield by drawing shorts on the nude boyġ985 - Wisconsin - Challenged at the Cunningham Elementary School libraries for nudityġ988 - Illinois - Challenged at the Robeson Elementary School in Champaign because of 'gratuitous' nudityġ989 - New Jersey - Challenged at the Camden Elementary school libraries for nudityġ992 - Minnesota - Challenged at the Elk River schools because reading the book 'could lay the foundation for future use of pornography'ġ994 - Texas - Challenged at the El Paso Public Library because 'the little boy pictured did not have any clothes on and it pictured his private area'Ģ006 - North Carolina - Challenged in the Wake County schools. This romp in the night kitchen with a little boy called Mickey is indelibly memorable. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health by Robbie H. The story is about a boy who falls asleep until he hears a noise that jolts him awake.

Illinois - Banned in Norridge at Pennoyer Elementary after a school board member complained about 'nudity without a purpose,' but was reinstated in 2012. Maurice Sendak’s book In The Night Kitchen is a fantastical story that parents actually enjoy reading because of Sendak’s clever rhymes and other-worldly, yet relatable illustrations. 1972 - Sendak's editor, Ursula Nordstrom wrote to a librarian who burned the book and commented on librarians and teacher painting over the boy's nudity