NMLP P-021373 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

In the Night Kitchen

Maurice Sendak · Harper & Row · 1970

The US Harper & Row 1970 edition is the true first; Sendak was American and Harper was his primary publisher, and the Bodley Head UK edition followed. The book was a 1971 Caldecott Honor recipient, so first-issue jackets predate any Caldecott seal.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021373 for "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021373, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).