If Animals Kissed Good Night
What's This Book About
Rhyming text explores what would happen if animals kissed like humans do, from a slow kiss between a sloth and her cub to a mud-happy kiss from a hippo calf to his father.
What Kind of Book is If Animals Kissed Good Night
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What Questions Should I Ask My Child
- All animals kiss their babies good night. How do you think an elephant kisses her calf?
- Penguins have baby penguins. Do they kiss and hug too?
Reviews
I could read this book night after night. The text rhymes along cleverly describing how each animal pair would kiss goodnight if they kissed as we do. The illustrations are delightful and the layout of the text on the page, as well as the emphasis of strategic words, complement the animals' creativity. Really, it is a pleasure to read.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker collaborated on If Animals Kissed Good Night and Little Monkey Says Good Night, a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, which Kirkus Reviews praised as “a perfect good-night read.” Ms. Paul lives in Los Angeles, California.
David Walker is the illustrator of numerous children’s books, including Before You Were Mine (Putnam); Time for a Hug, Time for a Bath, and Time for a Trip (all Sterling); and Bears on Chairs (Candlewick). He lives in Chapel Hill, NC. To see more of David’s work, please visit davidwalkerstudios.com. (Bio via Sterling Fall 2018 Catalog.)
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780374300210
- Publication Date
- June 3, 2014
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Original Publication Date
- April 1, 2008
- Page Count
- 34
- Word Count
- 329
- Audience
- Board
- Reading Age
- 3 - 5 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2006051108
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 1164077433
- Lexile® Level
- AD600L
- Scholastic Level
- K
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.7
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 121532
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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