- What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: This is a large part of the reason why In the Night Kitchen was banned from various school libraries and children's book shops: The child protagonist Mickey loses his pajamas for some reason (Word of God says it was meant to be a symbol of him losing his inhibitions) and ends up naked for a substantial chunk of the story, with his nudity uncensored.
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