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Kissing Hand

Author: Audrey Penn
Publisher: Tanglewood Press
Category: eBooks

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

154 reviews
Sales Rank: 1748

Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: Book & CD
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 24
Number Of Items: 1

ASIN: B00309SCWQ

Publication Date: December 8, 2009

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
Chester Raccoon doesn't want to go to school--he wants to stay home with his mother. She assures him that he'll love school--with its promise of new friends, new toys, and new books. Even better, she has a special secret that's been in the family for years--the Kissing Hand. This secret, she tells him, will make school seem as cozy as home. She takes her son's hand, spreads his tiny fingers into a fan and kisses his palm--smack dab in the middle: "Chester felt his mother's kiss rush from his hand, up his arm, and into his heart." Whenever he feels lonely at school, all he has to do is press his hand to his cheek to feel the warmth of his mother's kiss. Chester is so pleased with his Kissing Hand that he--in a genuinely touching moment--gives his mom a Kissing Hand, too, to comfort her when he is away. Audrey Penn's The Kissing Hand, published by the Child Welfare League of America, is just the right book for any child taking that fledgling plunge into preschool--or for any youngster who is temporarily separated from home or loved ones. The rough but endearing raccoon illustrations are as satisfying and soothing for anxious children as the simple story. (Ages 5 and older) --Karin Snelson

Product Description
Chester Raccoon doesn't want to go to school--he wants to stay home with his mother. She assures him that he'll love school--with its promise of new friends, new toys, and new books. Even better, she has a special secret that's been in the family for years--the Kissing Hand. This secret, she tells him, will make school seem as cozy as home. She takes her son's hand, spreads his tiny fingers into a fan and kisses his palm--smack dab in the middle: "Chester felt his mother's kiss rush from his hand, up his arm, and into his heart." Whenever he feels lonely at school, all he has to do is press his hand to his cheek to feel the warmth of his mother's kiss. Chester is so pleased with his Kissing Hand that he--in a genuinely touching moment--gives his mom a Kissing Hand, too, to comfort her when he is away. Audrey Penn's The Kissing Hand, published by the Child Welfare League of America, is just the right book for any child taking that fledgling plunge into preschool--or for any youngster who is temporarily separated from home or loved ones. The rough but endearing raccoon illustrations are as satisfying and soothing for anxious children as the simple story. (Ages 5 and older) --Karin Snelson --

Customer Reviews:

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Kindle version is hard to read September 7, 2010
Brandy Littlejohn (Vicksburg, MS United States)
While the story is a heart warming story, it is very difficult to read on the kindle 3. For the pages without the illustrations, you can change the text size however for the pages that have text and illustrations, you cannot enlarge the text which makes it very difficult to read since you have the text and picture on the same small screen. It would be better if it was text-to-speech enabled so you could have help guessing at the smaller text size. ;)

4 out of 5 stars

Covered in Kindergarten September 7, 2010
Darcy Pedersen
I got this along with Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten and Kindergarten Rocks. While my boy loved this book, it wasn't the best for him before kindergarten. The first week of class, however, they covered this and had a bunch of coloring. They also did little handprints over a poem. I felt like, although this is a great addition to the library, it wasn't until the first week AFTER the start of school and AFTER covered in class that this became useful.

I understand that using this book in class is pretty common practice.

Also, it comes will little heart stickers to go in the palm of the hands. Sorry, but my boy just sweats too much for a sticker there. But it was a great thought!

5 out of 5 stars

Grreat Book September 3, 2010
Wendy Petersen (Florida)
As a kindergarten teacher, I use this book every year on the first day of school. With Audrey Penn you can't go wrong! She does a great job of putting children's fears at rest for that big step of starting school. It's a fabulous book.

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful book, especially before a new school or trips August 27, 2010
kgb
Many friends had told me to buy this book before our son went out to preschool and he loves it!

4 out of 5 stars

Average August 9, 2010
Sand60
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a good book if your child is nervous about school. Mine is not so he really wasn't into it. He did think it was interesting that the animal was nocturnal and went to school at night. It is my understanding that lots of schools read this to the younger students the first day of class. My nephew was in kindergarten last year and my sister is a first grade teacher and both classes did read this, so if your school does this it might be a good idea to read it to your child as something familiar that first day of class.

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