A Kiss Means I Love You

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Now available in board book format with revised content for even the youngest children. Featuring engaging photographs of young children and sweet rhyming text, this fun read-aloud teaches little ones about nonverbal communication from a kiss and a clap to a wave and a yawn.

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ISBN-13:	9780807541869
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	09/01/2012
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Kathryn Madeline Allen is the author of numerous books, short stories, and poems for children. She lives in Michigan with her three children. Eric Futran is a well-known culinary photographer and has photographed kids for several children's books. He lives in Illinois.

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Recognizing how much young children enjoy looking at faces, author and illustrator Allen and Futran have created a picture book that combines simple and short text with gorgeous photos of children and adults of many cultures. Each page introduces a gesture that is familiar to most toddlers followed by the meaning of that gesture and the emotions it may evoke. Examples include a kiss, a wave, a smile, a yawn, a shiver, a sniffle and a cry. The photographer captures those gestures in crisp, endearing photos that will leave readers and listeners smiling and lingering over pages, long after the text has been read. Parents, grandparents or other caretakers have the opportunity to share experiences with children, ask questions and generate conversations as they browse the pages together. Like a treasured photo album, this picture book could be become a family favorite, and will be looked through over and over again. Reviewer: Jody Little

Children's Literature - Jody Little

PreS—Allen and Futran have created a book with a purpose that is also fun to read. Bright, close-up photos pair well with the text to illustrate different facial expressions and body language. The basics are covered: "A laugh means it's funny, a cry means I'm sad." A few less-common examples are also included. "A shiver means I'm chilly/(please warm me up quick). A sniffle,/a sneeze,/and a cough/mean I'm sick." Each expression or gesture is easy to see in the large, uncluttered photos of very young children. The rhythm of the text is bouncy and easy to read aloud. This title will work well in a program or one-on-one.—Laura Stanfield, Campbell County Public Library, Ft. Thomas, KY

School Library Journal

Color photographs of children expressing different emotions and enacting certain situations introduce the idea of "reading" body language to the youngest children. Humans communicate wants, needs and emotions through facial expressions and body language as well as orally. The book promotes the ability to decipher them as a critical skill for children to develop as they explore and have contact with a wide group of individuals. Through up-close photographs and rhyming text, tots see a multicultural cast of children their age smiling, laughing, pouting and expressing anger. One boy extends a toy as an invitation to share; another, finger to lips, requests quiet, illustrating the nuances of a gesture or hand motion. One odd omission is an example of the basic feeling of fear. Some entries are more successful than others, and this reflects the medium: It is difficult to represent shivering, for example, in a still photograph. The rhyme encourages page-turns ("A kiss means I love you, / a wave means hello, / a smile means I'm happy, / a tug means let's go!"), although it stutters at one point and will require practice before reading aloud. Despite small flaws, the book is a solid introduction to a range of human expressions and the concept of nonverbal communication. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews

"The smooth, simple text, solidly kid-centric concepts, and clever, inviting photos make this incredibly useful to parents, teachers, and librarians." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, November 2012

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