A Kiss Goodbye (The Kissing Hand Series)

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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. As this was recommended on a well-known parenting website about how to help children move homes, we thought we were buying a book to help our little one understand leaving an old home and arriving at a new place, with new neighbors and friends. Instead, we got a saccharine-coated, environmentalist agenda about habitat death and destruction. I'm glad that I read all her books first--absolutely NOT a book for small children.

This is a book in a "highly acclaimed" series that we also will not be reading with our child. Don't waste your money.

A Kiss Goodbye (Chester the Raccoon

Got this for my 3yo as we were preparing for a move to another state. It definitely helped acknowledge the emotions that go into moving, but it's long and wordy so his attention waned. One person found this helpful. Have several Chester books to read to my grandchildren. The illustrations are beautiful, with so much detail and color. The subject matter is delicately handled with tenderness and easy for little ones to understand. Have not found any other author who tackles difficult subjects with so much grace and love.

You just can not beat the Chester the Raccoon Books for children!

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Bought this for my granddaughter and she really enjoyed the book and pictures. My grandson loves this series! See all 33 reviews.

These books are great for kids but they are also great for adults. They help you to think of things in a new light. My son and I read this together after the death of his sister this last year. He really enjoyed it and used what happened in the story to help process what he was feeling. He is 5 4 when she was killed. Apr 10, Pam rated it really liked it Shelves: This time Chester and his family have to move because his tree will be cut down. He struggles and doesn't want to move. Of course, they have to go and he discovers that his new home is nice too.

He meets a new friend to end the story. Use with students who have to move or who need to welcome a new student. Dec 27, Lynda rated it it was amazing Shelves: Loving support from the Mama, the comfort of being not alone and the prize of friendship are all included in this tale. Sep 18, Carrie Marshall rated it it was amazing.

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Audrey Penn's kissing series is the best loving family series for children everywhere!!!! Nov 19, SKay rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book was exactly what a little one leaving their first home might feel. I couldn't ask for a more simple and sweet story. Mar 01, Kara Moreland rated it it was amazing. This book told the story of Chester and his family having to move due to people coming to cut down trees where they lived.

The book talks about the struggles Chester has with not wanting to move and how sad he was. In the end he likes his new home and already makes a new friend. I love this book. I love all of these books! I only knew of one and I have found 2 and 3 now. These are fantastic books. I love the message and the meaning and the illustrations. This could be used in a younger class for This book told the story of Chester and his family having to move due to people coming to cut down trees where they lived.

This could be used in a younger class for students who are having to move and are scared to. It could encourage them that it will be okay. Sep 24, Baley Petersen rated it liked it Shelves: Another volume in the Chester Raccoon series, A Kiss Goodbye illustrates the challenges of moving to a new home.

Any kid who has had to leave their home, friends, and school, knows how hard it is to get comfortable with change. Chester announces that he's not moving. He wants to stay in his tree with his friends, where he's always lived. When Chester's mother encourages him to think of it as an adventure, Chester recounts the many adventures he's had that did not go well. When Chester continues to resist, his mother points out that their home tree and many of the surrounding trees have been marked to be cut down for wood, and if Chester stays, he will be all alone because the other animals are leaving, too.

When Chester begrudgingly agrees to move with his mother and Ronny, he spends some time saying goodbye to his home. At their new home, Chester meets someone new to befriend, proving that moving really can be an adventure. I was so hopeful for this story. Penn dances around the issue of clear-cutting and the devastation that deforestation leaves behind. I know that this story is about the adventure of leaving home, and not a social criticism, but I felt like there was so much potential for this lovable forest animal to do a little more teaching. I was also disappointed in Gibson's art this time.

The illustrations felt a little more cartoonish than the other Chester books.

They're still very bright and colorful, but I just wasn't in love with the art this time. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.

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To view it, click here. Publishers Weekly May 28, In The Kissing Hand and A Pocket of Kisses, Chester the raccoon overcomes the traumas of going off to school for the first time and adjusting to a new brother. Here he faces a move, since the tree that is home to him, his mother and brother Ronny is being cut down. In rather overstated prose, his mother addresses Chester's reluctance to leave their beloved hollow: I'm not so sure about Ronny. Not surprisingly, the skeptical animal finds a new friend immediately after moving into his new hollow and, scooting off to play with her, sends his mother a heart-projecting palm kiss and announces, "All right Its sometimes treacly tone notwithstanding, this tale, like its predecessors, should provide reassurance to kids facing a similar transition, as well as a useful starting point for adult-child dialogue.

May Copyright Reed Business Information. Apr 04, Melissa Roach rated it it was amazing. Chester Raccoon, whom readers have come to know and love through the New York Times bestseller "The Kissing Hand", and its sequel, "A Pocket Full of Kisses", is facing another dilemma common to the lives of many children; he and his family are moving. When I read this book, I thought o Description: When I read this book, I thought of how many children it would help This book also addresses the issue of homes being taken away from the animals because of environment natural disasters or man power.

In this case, the raccoon family has to move because there are tree cutters coming to cut down their tree, along with several others in the forest. It teaches children to sympathize with those that have to move, or those who may not have a home homeless I know that might be a stretch - but its still a topic, nonetheless. I would definitely recommend this book for transitions or change, families that are moving, end of the school year lessons moving to a new classroom and more Nov 28, Patricia Patricia's Particularity added it Shelves: Chester has to move, and he is not happy about it at all Not only does he have to move out of the home he loves he has to move away from all of his friends.

Raccoon tries to sooth Chester's sadness by telling him that he will make new friends and have new adventures at their new home. Chester is not convinced but begrudgingly says to goodbye to him home. At their new home Chester does indeed meet a new friend, a girl Raccoon Audrey Penn focuses on a topic tha Chester has to move, and he is not happy about it at all Audrey Penn focuses on a topic that most children experience at least once in their lives: While moving is always hard, Audrey Penn shows that sometimes hard things are for the best in this case Chester makes a new friend in the end and they have a home.

At the same time, Audrey Penn does a beautiful job in showing that even though in the end everything worked out, Chester's feelings were still important. A Kiss Goodbye is a great book for all children to read, as they find that their emotions are normal, important and that sometimes things do work out. Jun 28, Patricia Mckelvy added it Shelves: Chester has to move, and he is not happy about it at all… in fact he is distraught.

At their new home Chester does indeed meet a new friend, a girl Raccoon…. Audrey Penn focuses on a topic that mo Chester has to move, and he is not happy about it at all… in fact he is distraught. Nov 23, Alma Loredo rated it really liked it Shelves: Chester has to move because the tree that his family and friend live in has already been marked.

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In a few days it is expected to cut down. Raccoon explains to Chester that the moving would be just like an adventure. Unfortunately this does not help Chester because all of his adventures do not end up good. When Chester arrives to his new home he begins to realize that he will really Chester has to move because the tree that his family and friend live in has already been marked.

When Chester arrives to his new home he begins to realize that he will really like it. This book can be used in science to explain to students that when trees are being cut we are actually cutting down animals homes and then they have to look for a mew place to live. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. Works can belong to more than one series. In some cases, as with Chronicles of Narnia , disagreements about order necessitate the creation of more than one series.

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