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A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon by Audrey Penn

A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon

Board Book – Picture Book, April 15, 2014

Audrey Penn, Barbara Gibson

Tanglewood · Print & ebook · April 15, 2014

During the last 20 years, parents and teachers have passed along the secret of the Kissing Hand to children facing first days of kindergarten, first grade, and other separations.

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Who it’s for
A gentle, accessible picture book with keepsake appeal and easy teaching use.
Genres
Big Feelings, New Experiences, Animal Stories
Published
Tanglewood, April 15, 2014

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About this book

During the last 20 years, parents and teachers have passed along the secret of the Kissing Hand to children facing first days of kindergarten, first grade, and other separations. Now younger children can get in on Mama Raccoon's secret and find comfort in A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon, a board-book adaptation of the original picture book. Chester could feel his mother's kiss leap straight into his heart. "With a Kissing Hand," said Chester's mom, "We'll never be apart."

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"Just press your hand upon your cheek and feel that loving glow. It's Mommy saying, 'I love you,' wherever you may go." The Kissing Hand has become a children's classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their parents. A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon conveys the heart of the story in rhyming verse, perfect for read-aloud and easy for even the little ones to remember and recite. With illustrations by Barbara Gibson that capture the warmth and beauty of the original artwork, toddlers now share in the benefits from Mrs. Raccoon's secret for making a child feel safe and secure.

Gentle and Small

A gentle, accessible picture book with keepsake appeal and easy teaching use.

Come here for

  • baby-animal tenderness
  • easy, classroom-friendly read-aloud

Expect

  • board-book format
  • New Baby Stories and big feelings

Where it sits

Big Feelings52%
Animal Stories44%
New Experiences33%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Nocturnal Animals
  • Big Feelings
  • New Experiences
Authors
Audrey Penn, Barbara Gibson
Publisher
Tanglewood
Published
April 15, 2014
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Nocturnal Animals