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Summary: Kisses Good Night.....
Review: "My tired little baby, do you need a kiss?" A cranky, crying, sleepy little one is about to go to bed. But first she needs "ten little kisses on teeny tiny toes" and "nine laughing kisses on busy, wriggly feet" from Mommy. Daddy's ready with "eight squishy kisses on chubby, yummy knees." Grandma plants "seven loud kisses on a pretty belly button." And so on... Baby is passed from one member of the family to the next for her good night kisses, and even the dog and cat get into the act..... Karen Katz's minimal text is engaging and filled with lots of love and charming descriptive words. Her bright and playful illustrations are large and inviting, rich in bold color and eye-catching shapes and patterns. Together word and art offer gentle, fun-filled opportunities to practice counting and to identify different body parts. Perfect for preschoolers as young as one, Counting Kisses is a sweet and heartwarming little book youngsters will beg to add to their bedtime ritual. "...two gentle kisses on tired closing eyes, one last kiss on your sleepy, dreamy head, and now it's time for baby's bed."
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Summary: Kisses Good Night.....
Review: "My tired little baby, do you need a kiss?" A cranky, crying, sleepy little one is about to go to bed. But first she needs "ten little kisses on teeny tiny toes" and "nine laughing kisses on busy, wriggly feet" from Mommy. Daddy's ready with "eight squishy kisses on chubby, yummy knees." Grandma plants "seven loud kisses on a pretty belly button." And so on... Baby is passed from one member of the family to the next for her good night kisses, and even the dog and cat get into the act..... Karen Katz's minimal text is engaging and filled with lots of love and charming descriptive words. Her bright and playful illustrations are large and inviting, rich in bold color and eye-catching shapes and patterns. Together word and art offer gentle, fun-filled opportunities to practice counting and to identify different body parts. Perfect for preschoolers as young as one, Counting Kisses is a sweet and heartwarming little book youngsters will beg to add to their bedtime ritual. "...two gentle kisses on tired closing eyes, one last kiss on your sleepy, dreamy head, and now it's time for baby's bed."
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Summary: Counting Kisses
Review: A cute, interactive book to read to baby. A fun way to teach baby about numbers and body parts while giving lots of kisses!
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Summary: Sweet.
Review: A sweet book for you and your little one. Counting kisses while you kiss your little one.
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Summary: THIS ONE HITS CLOSE TO HOME!
Review: As a father of a toddler I know all about routines to get kids to go to sleep. Karen Katx beautifully illustrates, both visually and through the text, the cute and humorous routine to get this particular child to bed. Mom, dad, Grandma, etc, all take turns giving baby an number of kisses. Cute, cartoon-like illustrations with rich colors and shapes will catch your little one's eye. The kissing helps start them on the way with their counting as well. It's such a sweet, little book. Whether a kissing routine works for you or not, you'll definitely want to add this book to your list of books for story time before bed. Truly another winner from Karen Katz.
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Summary: Very Nice
Review: brilliant way to teach kids about numbers while having fun and actively participating. beautifully illustrated as well.
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Summary: fantastic, ingenious
Review: brilliant way to teach kids about numbers while having fun and actively participating. beautifully illustrated as well.
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Summary: Illustrations are low-quality!
Review: Cartoon-like cutesy images can be done well, but these are not. Anatomical correctness has been completely ignored. Even if an illustrator wants to do cutesy or cartoony, an educational background in anatomy will only enhance the drawings. It is clear that this illustrator has no such background. This illustrator has poor drawing skills, and I'm amazed that a publisher paid for work of this caliber.The figures are blob-like and fleshy. Generic and deformed facial features float in vast expanses of circular heads. Arms are grotesquesly short, and NO ONE seems to have a neck in these books. The colors are in jarring unattractive combinations, with "FLESH" being the predominant choice of color. It looks like the illustrator didn't even mix this color, just bought a tube of paint called "caucasian flesh." Most artwork BY CHILDREN is of a much higher caliber than that in this book. Most children use beautiful colors, and their drawings of figures are not nearly as grotesque as these. There are so many gorgeous books available for children - choose those instead of this horrible one!!!
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Summary: Kisses Counted
Review: Counting Kisses, by Karen Katz is the perfect gift for your's child's valentine. Beautiful illustrations accompanied by kisses all over the baby , give you a great excuse to cover those little feet, eyes, hands and messy hairs on your baby's head with sweet soft kisses. You can also teach them body parts and show them how much you care and love them. This is not a board book so it's not as sturdy as you might wish it was. So be a little more careful with the pages, but it's worth the extra care. We loved it!
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Summary: A Delightful Bedtime Book
Review: I bought this book for my 2 year old daughter. We read this book every night before we go to bed. She loves being kissed goodnight from toes to head. This book is simple enough that she knows the placement and quantity of kisses. I would highly recommend this book to be added to any child's bedtime ritual. I hope this book will be something she'll always remember when going to sleep.
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