The Kissing Hand, an internationally renowned children’s book, addresses separation anxiety and is a great resource at the beginning of the school year, or in any situation where a child must separate from parents. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary. School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. I hope that every parent would use the opportunity these books present to talk to their child and help them to find an approach that best fits their particular situation. For the sake of the young audience, they do not offer complicated or multiple solutions for any particular issue. They offer a starting point for a discussion between the child and parent.
And they are more than good picture books. I never intended for The Kissing Hand to become a series, but spending time with children continues to give me more to write about. Raccoon shares her wisdom and love with little Chester. The closeness between the two main characters is very apparent.Each of the books in the Kissing Hand Series is a heart-warming and wonderfully illustrated story in which Mrs.
There are lots of other animals shown in the illustrations, including rabbits, possums, birds and squirrels. Leak, match the gentleness of the story with soft and very cute images of Chester and his woodland home. Penn came up with a different interpretation and wrote this story about it. It was explained that the mother was transferring her scent to the baby, but Ms. As he’s getting read to head off to school, he asks for his mother’s hand and puts a kiss of his own right in the middle of it, so that his love with keep his mother company, too.Īuthor Audrey Penn tells the story that she once saw a mother raccoon put her baby’s paw to her face and then press it against his own face while she was travelling. Chester loves his ‘Kissing Hand’ and knowing his mother’s love will be with him at school. His mother opens his palm and plants a kiss right in the middle of it, telling him to hold it to his cheek when he needs a little extra love. The plot in a nutshell: A mother finds a way to remind her son he’s loved.Ĭhester doesn’t want to go to school and would rather stay home with his mother and all the things that are familiar to him. Leak Child Welfare League of America, 1993Ĭhester Raccoon stood at the edge of the forest and cried.
Written by Audrey Penn, illustrated by Ruth E.
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