A Book of Kisses [Hardcover]

Dave Ross (Author), Laura Rader (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2000 | Age Level: 1 and up

There are all kinds of kisses in the world, for all different occasions:

congratulations kisses
I'm sorry kisses
butterfly kisses
good night kisses

A kiss is a wonderful way to show someone you care.

Show someone "you" care--share this book and a kiss!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"There are all kinds of kisses in the world... Good morning kisses, Boo-boo kisses, Good report card kisses, Great Aunt-Mary kisses--watch out for the lipstick!" A celebration of smooches, this Book of Kisses shows children the wide range of appropriate ways to show affection. Cute, colorful animal characters speak in cartoon-style word bubbles, with simple captions describing each kiss type. There are even some how-tos: For promise kisses, "first make a promise. Then kiss your pinky. Touch pinkies. Now you've made a promise kiss!" Dave Ross and Laura Rader, author-illustrator team for the popular A Book of Hugs and A Book of Friends, join forces again to take a humorous, lighthearted look at what is known around the world as qubla (Arabic), polibek (Czech), baiser (French), neshika (Hebrew), busu (Swahili), wen (Chinese)... the kiss! (A Kisses from Around the World chart is included.) (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly

Ross and Rader (A Book of Hugs) team up again for this breezy look at a variety of kisses and kissing occasions. Ross's minimal text, amplified with speech balloons, moves from the obvious opportunities for kissing (bedtime, birthdays and making up) to more unusual types of kisses for everyday affection (butterfly kisses, tummyAor "raspberry"Akisses, rubbing noses). Chock-full of adorable animal characters expressing their mutual admiration (kangaroos kissing on tiptoe, an octopus and fish giving each other underwater kisses), Rader's gently humorous, brightly colored cartoon drawings are guaranteed child-pleasers. For the endpapers, which offer the word "kiss" in different languages, Rader includes, among other cheerful animals, an owl and a pussycat in a pea green boat about to "Busu" ("kiss" in Swahili). Ages 3-up.
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (January 5, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060281693
• ISBN-13: 978-0060281694
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,140,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DIFFERENT, March 26, 2000

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LYNETTE (Trinidad & Tobago West Indies) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Book of Kisses (Hardcover)

This book was beyond my expectations. I found it to be a simple way of teaching young children about the different types of kisses there are. My 5 year old was totally thrilled on reading about all these different kisses.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Which is YOUR favorite kind of kiss?, April 30, 2000

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Lisa Ebeling "laa-laa" (smalltown, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Book of Kisses (Library Binding)

This is a really cute book, and my kids enjoyed the pictures as much as they did having me demonstrate many of the kisses on them. Around our house, we share many kisses, and we especially enjoy the "tummy kisses," which, like author Dave Ross, we also call "raspberry kisses." These are normally dispensed with PERMISSION here, however, since both my husband and I remember being tickled and kissed mercilessly by our uncles when we were children. (I was fairly traumatized by a couple of uncles who liked to "whisker" my face, which is a barbaric custom in which an older male relative rubs his three-day-old growth of facial hair on a child's face and neck until the child bleeds--or until she screams loudly enough that another older relative comes to her rescue! Girls treated in this fashion often grow up to be afraid of men with beards and/or mustaches.)

I liked the charming pastel drawings, the variety of animals depicted, and the unusual type-style in which the book is set. The lettering is still a version of print (but not cursive), and gives older readers a chance to practice reading a different style of type-set than they're used to seeing in their school textbooks. I think this is an important consideration, since kids are expected to read and write in print and cursive styles--and to decipher their teacher's often difficult-to-read printing and handwriting!

4.0 out of 5 stars A Book of Kisses, March 9, 2009

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Anna M. Ligtenberg "AnnaLovesBooks" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Book of Kisses (Board book)

ISBN 0060002743 - It's hard to imagine that any book with the title "A Book of Kisses" could be bad in any way. Considering the countless retellings of old tales, the endless stream of board books on colors, shapes, counting and other basic concepts, finding one with something unique to it is always a good thing.

On thick board pages that can stand up to much rough handling, all sorts of kisses are described. From Congratulations Kisses to Across-the-Room Kisses and plenty of others, this book covers most of them - and leaves Mom and Dad a chance to remind their kids of any that might have been missed that are particular favorites in their family. The book is fairly small, making it easy for a toddler to tote around, and the board pages are nice and easy to turn for small fingers.

Author Dave Ross does an all right job (and I admit that I can't see how anyone could possibly make a mess of what is, essentially, a list). Laura Rader, the illustrator, did a great job, using a wide variety of animals and settings. The images are cute and engaging; the only negative I would mention is that some of the text within the images, like "bubbles" in comic strips, is way too small for some folks.

- AnnaLovesBooks