Thank you all for replying to my query. The consensus seems to be to draw either a
diaper or shorts on the boy. I also heard from quite a few of you about this being
a wonderful opportunity to discuss how the human body is nothing to be ashamed of
and how babies are born without clothes and this is how the boy sees himself in the
course of the book. However, at my school the decision was made by the
administration to not put the book out. Thank you all for your input.
Mary Kate Cullinan
Media Specialist
School No. 12
638 Magie Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
(908) 436-5669
cullinanma@edu.elizabeth.k12.nj.us
>>> MARY KATE CULLINAN CULLINAN <CULLINANMA@EDU.ELIZABETH.K12.NJ.US> 9/6/2007 11:19
>AM >>>
Hi everyone,
I am processing books that came in this summer and we have so little new books that
I ordered, among other things, all the Caldecott Honor books. I have come across
some books that have religious overtones but the book I am really worried about is
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. How do you handle the kids reactions to
the boy's nakedness? Any complaints from parents? Do kids deface the book? Is it
really worth the trouble I anticipate to put this book out? Thanks for letting me
know how you handled it in your library.
Mary Kate Cullinan
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