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From tiny ants to enormous elephants, there's a kiss for everyone in this warm and cozy feel-good book. Find out if worms kiss underground, with the soil all around, or if fish kiss with a splash and a splish.
From tiny ants to enormous elephants, there's a kiss for everyone in this warm and cozy feel-good book. Find out if worms kiss underground, with the soil all around, or if fish kiss with a splash and a splish. With an irresistible text that begs to be read aloud and adorable illustrations, parents and grandparents will love sharing this collection of affection with the youngest of readers.
Author Notes
Joanna Walsh has written and illustrated several books for children, including The Biggest Kiss , The Perfect Hug , and I Love Mom , all illustrated by Judi Abbot.
Judi Abbot studied illustration in Milan, Italy. She is the author and illustrator of Mouse's Christmas Wish . She is also the illustrator of several books for children, including The Biggest Kiss , The Perfect Hug , and I Love Mom , all written by Joanna Walsh.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-"Kisses on noses,/kisses on toes-es./Sudden kisses when you least supposes" starts this endearing selection. The text goes on to describe myriad creatures who deliver and receive a variety of kisses in their own unique ways. The engaging rhymes are perfectly complemented by the colorful, whimsical illustrations. A wonderful cuddle-up-and-read choice.-Debbie Lewis, Alachua County Library District, FL (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
A penguin tours the animal kingdom to see how kissing stacks up among different species. Newcomer Abbot's characters are essentially adorable variations on rounded and curvilinear shapes, ranging from pert to plump. She laughs in the face of zoological accuracy, anthropomorphizing with abandon: in the spread, "Frogs like to kiss, and dogs like to kiss," she imagines a kissing booth run by a frog prince, as pups of various breeds line up to pay $1 for the privilege. The titular kiss does not belong to the big blue elephant that sprawls across another spread, extending its trunk to a mostly unseen partner (while providing a perch for two kissing ants). Rather, it's the kiss that comes from a grownup penguin, who clearly loves a cuddle as much as the narrator does. Walsh's (All Asleep) rhyme schemes are all over the map (there are conventional couplets, as well as internal rhymes like "The snow's kiss on your face is ace"), so it may be difficult for readers to get in a groove. But it hardly detracts from the upbeat subject matter and the critters' utter cuteness. Ages 4-8. (Dec.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
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Booklist Review
Although there seems to be no end to picture books about kisses, readers will still find themselves puckering up as they follow a blue-and-white penguin through this guided tour of kisses. Place has no bearing on the penguin, which appears alongside sheep, elephants, ladybugs, giraffes, and a plethora of other animals, all in the midst of their particular style of smooch. Among these rounded, vibrantly colored, and always adorable creatures, the penguin observes good places to kiss, sizes of kisses, kinds of kisses, and even kisses from nature, as when a light rain touches the skin. The text blends ending rhymes ( The tallest kiss is a tricky kind. / The smallest kiss is hard to find ) with internal rhymes ( The snow's kiss on your face is ace ), but the occasional resulting awkwardness shouldn't bother young listeners. The book ends with the best kiss of all as the penguin, now blushing, receives a loving smooch from its caregiver. Pair with Karen Katz's Counting Kisses (2001) and Christopher Loupy's Hugs and Kisses (2002) to extend the sentiments.--Leeper, Angela Copyright 2010 Booklist
New York Review of Books Review
Employing a graphic style and mixed-media approach that's a real departure from the "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" enterprise, which she illustrated, and previous books like "Tumble Bumble," Bond works with white space and dabs of collage to create portraits of animals locked in embrace. Rabbits are calmly intimate; a pride of lions, joyous; and bats serenely hug each other upside down. Minimalist text describes upstairs and downstairs hugs, inside and outside hugs until a "Brown Bear"-like finale displays the whole menagerie embracing at once. THE BIGGEST KISS By Joanna Walsh. Illustrated by Judi Abbot. 32 pp. Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster. $12.99. (Picture book; ages 2 to 5) "Kisses on noses, kisses on toes-es. Sudden kisses when you least supposes" begins this delicious paean to parental affection. Walsh's genial rhymes and hypercute drawings by Abbot, a first-time illustrator, make this square-shaped picture book, first published in Britain, stand out from the Valentine pack. Spots of humor amid the syrup also help: "Some kisses are misses, they land on the ear or near" accompanies a frowning monkey speckled with lipstick marks. Some kisses, let's face it, are too sweet. PLANT A KISS By Amy Krause Rosenthal. Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. 40 pp. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. $14.99. (Picture book; ages 2 to 5) This very girly tale about a "Little Miss" who plants a kiss pairs the best-selling author Rosenthal ("Little Pea," "Duck! Rabbit!") and the award-winning illustrator Reynolds ("Ish," the Judy Moody series) for the first time, with great success. Splashes of sparkle adorn the pages as the seedling kiss causes "doubt" and a "pout" before it sprouts and spreads in a cheery wash of yellow and pink. Rosenthal's and Reynolds's straightforward and gently humorous sensibilities are well matched in this story about love beyond the boundaries of parent and child. And what child doesn't like a page sprinkled in gutter? ALL KINDS OF KISSES Written and illustrated by Nancy Tafuri. 32 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 2 to 5) Tafuri ("Goodnight My Duckling," "I Love You, Little One"), queen mother of warmly soothing animal bedtime stories, uses notably bright and vibrant watercolors to introduce very young readers to animal baby names and noises. Goat and puppy eyes are soft and dewy with love as mothers, children and siblings exchange displays of affection. "Have You Seen My Duckling?" fans will welcome a return visit from the little ones with their "peep kisses." LITTLE TREASURES Endearments From Around the World. By Jacqueline K. Ogburn. Illustrated by Chris Raschka. 32 pp. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 4 to 8) A book to make any Montessori or multicultural parent happy! This fascinating introduction to global endearments shows children how American parents call their offspring "Pumpkin" and "Doodlebug," while the English prefer "Poppet" and "Ducky." No judgment here (though American children may scoff at the French "Little Cabbage" and "Flea"), just marvelous illustrations by the Caldecott winner Raschka and an inclusive look at expressions of love from Poland to Uganda. Little "Light of My Hearts" (Arabic) and "Little Fatties" (Chile) will relish the experience. PAMELA PAUL ONLINE A slide show of this week's illustrated books at nytimes.com/books.