Okay, this is a non-typical recommendation for a kids book. My 18 month old son loves In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (author of Where the Wild Things Are). He carries it around, he refers to it even when it is no where in sight (the Mickey book!), he stares at each page with complete focus. So on the kid side, its a winner. On my side of the equation, while it doesn’t make me want to stick a fork in my eye, the story is a strange one and I find the pictures weird. If my son didn’t love it so very much, I wouldn’t recommend it at all, but clearly it strikes a chord with him. And while the story doesn’t make sense, it is not boring, so this squeaks into the ‘recommended’ column.
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