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Mama's Kiss
The kiss Mama blew to her little girl goes merrily astray, slipping and sliding and sashaying from cheek to cheek . . . until it finally lands just right where it belonged. Told in jaunty verse, award-winning Jane Yolen's clever fantasy offers warm and witty affirmation that it is indeed love that makes the world go round.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
October 3rd 2008
by Chronicle Books
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I go hot and cold with Yolen usually but this one was middle of the road for me. I'm not really picky with illustrations and while these are okay and get the job done they aren't fantastic. I do like Yolen's stories like this much more than the other non-rhyming stories for whatever reason.
I like the premise - the mothers kiss misses its target and instead flies around spreading love to others in the world. Finally the love comes right back home.
The meaning will be lost on younger ...more
I like the premise - the mothers kiss misses its target and instead flies around spreading love to others in the world. Finally the love comes right back home.
The meaning will be lost on younger ...more
Mama's kiss misses its target and is spread throughout the world before it comes back home. This is an interesting and compelling way to illustrate a universal kind of love. This would probably be best one-on-one, but could be used for storytime with older preschoolers.
This book turned up with cheeto finger prints all over it, which is what brought it to my attention. It is cute, and would be fun for a mother's day story. It might be fun as a game or an activity, especially if you found some stuffed lips!
The concept is kind of cool, but the rhyme and story seem forced. Plus, including a Hersey's Kiss at the end? Hello, product placement. Yolen is pretty awesome in general (those Dinosaur books, for example), but this one was not so appealing.
creative story about kisses from mama. An actual graphic of a pair lips floats throughout the pages! Cute story for a mother's day theme or in valentine's day! perfect for toddlers and preschool kids!
Kisses can go around the world, as one mother throws a kiss to her little girl. It bounces off brothers, dogs, cats, bees, and bears and finally back to her.
The story is cute. I am not super crazy about the illustrations. Good book for mom's and little girls.
Might be fun to turn into a magnet board story to share with preschoolers.
Mama's missed kiss travels through the woods but makes it home in time for bed.
Cute. Jordan and I liked tracing the kiss's path.
Cute little rhyme about the kiss going astray.
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Yolen was born at Beth Israel Hospital, the first child of Isabel Berlin and Will Hyatt Yolen. She and her family moved to California when she was young but returned to New York a few years later. After her younger brother was born, her father joined the army and served on the European front during WWII. Yolen spent her childhood taking piano lessons, ballet dancing and writing a neighborhood news...more
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