A Kiss for Little Bear
HarperCollins · Paperback · September 2, 2025
An ALA Notable Children's Book and New York Times Best Illustrated Book, this beloved classic Little Bear story from Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak celebrates the love between grandparent and grandchild.
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- Who it’s for
- A small gesture travels through a playful chain of friends, with warmth at every handoff.
- Themes
- Love between grandparent and grandchild, A thank-you kiss shared among friends
- Genres
- Bear Stories, Beginner Readers, Multigenerational Families
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An ALA Notable Children's Book and New York Times Best Illustrated Book, this beloved classic Little Bear story from Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak celebrates the love between grandparent and grandchild. Little Bear is so pleased with the picture he has drawn that he asks Hen to take it to his grandmother. Grandmother is so happy with it that she sends him back a thank-you kiss.
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How the kiss is passed from Grandmother, to Hen, to Cat, to Little Skunk, to a pretty girl skunk, and back to Little Skunk, and how eventually it comes again to Hen and finally to Little Bear, will delight children just learning to read. HarperCollins is proud to present this new edition of A Kiss for Little Bear that has been printed in close collaboration with the Maurice Sendak Foundation to ensure that Maurice Sendak’s original artwork has been reproduced to the highest standards. A Kiss for Little Bear is among the beloved classic Little Bear books for beginning readers from Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak. The first, Little Bear, launched the I Can Read early reader series in 1957. Don’t miss more adventures with Little Bear and his friends by Else Holmelund Minarik, with pictures by Maurice Sendak! - Little Bear - Father Bear Comes Home - Little Bear’s Friend - Little Bear’s Visit
A Kiss in Motion
A small gesture travels through a playful chain of friends, with warmth at every handoff.
Come here for
- Tender grandparent-and-grandchild affection
- A playful chain of passing along a kiss
Expect
- A gentle, lighthearted story for children just learning to read
- Original Maurice Sendak artwork
Where it sits
| Bear Stories | 83% |
|---|---|
| Multigenerational Families | 80% |
| Beginner Readers | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bear Stories
- The Classics
- Multigenerational Families
- Girls & Young Women
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- Valentine's Day
- Funny Stories
- Media Tie-Ins
- School Stories
- Authors
- Else Holmelund Minarik
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 2, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Love between grandparent and grandchild · A thank-you kiss shared among friends
- Reading lane
- Bear Stories