A Kiss Goodbye by Audrey Penn
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Book Reviews of A Kiss Goodbye
Book Review: A Kiss Goodbye
Summary: 4 Stars
The original book- the Kissing hand is by far the best. This was good but does not come close to the original KISSING HAND book.Book Review: Fine as a storybook, not if your child is worried about moving.
Summary: 3 Stars
Loved 'The Kissing Hand' by this author and was totally prepared to love this book too.
Unfortunately the story is not one I would recommend for the child who is seriously upset about having to move.
First off, the child's fears and resistance are described as whining, pouting and grumbling! Okay, they really are going to want to identify with Chester after that!
The reason they are moving is a pretty darn difficult one to deal with : their section of the woods has been marked for being chopped down for wood! So Chester's happy home and play spaces are going to be chopped up and hauled away. No one seems really concerned about this though and everyone is very happily heading on to new pastures. Isn't Chester a little right to be freaking out at these delusional adults who are oblivious to the future of their little neck of the woods??
I get it - Chester moves because his family is what is important - not where they live. He also moves because everyone else is moving. When is that going to happen in our little human lives - unless a neighborhood is to be bulldozed??
Chester also has a happy moment of finding a cute little girl racoon with whom everything will turn out well. His new house is cool, his little brother is being cuddly and everything is hunky-dory.
BUT . . . If my kid was Chester, he would be setting up a cordon around the woods and demanding a hearing into why his woods are being targeted. So, no consolation here for the truly distressed child. There are many other good books out there on moving, the trauma of moving and of losing touch with old friends. I'd try those before adding Chester's tragedy to the already heavy load your kiddo may be dealing with!!
Book Review: Helping children deal with moving
Summary: 3 Stars
A Kiss Goodbye is the third Chester Raccoon children's book by Audrey Penn. The earlier titles are The Kissing Hand and A Pocket Full of Kisses.
All of the trees in the forest near Chester's home are to be cut down. Chester's mother must find a new home for her family. Chester doesn't want to move and is sad and fearful of the change he faces.
Chester's family does move and Chester soon learns that the new tree he lives in isn't so bad after all. And more importantly, Chester meets a new friend.
A Kiss Goodbye is a wonderful book to help children talk about and deal with a move. They might even choose to think about the change as an adventure.
The illustrations in A Kiss Goodbye are beautifully done. They are detailed, realistic and are a bit whimsical in places. My granddaughter enjoyed the story but her complaint was that the pages were so dark. The illustrations are done primarily in black, gray and dark green with an occasional splash of red.
A wonderful and helpful story. Chester is delightful
Armchair Interviews says: The book could have benefited from more color to draw in young children.
Book Review: Great realistic illustrations, but irritating mix of fantasy.
Summary: 3 Stars
In A Kiss Goodbye, Chester raccoon has to move because his den tree has been tagged by the tree cutters. Gotta get away! But Chester doesn't want to leave all his friends and favorite places behind. How will he cope?
Okay, I know this is a book for kids. I'm used to them... talking bears, squirrels wearing hats, and rabbits hanging out with ducks. In this book, the illustrations are very realistic renditions of animals and their habitats (very nice). Yet the text talks of Chester going to school, having pockets (?), and "tiny pink cheeks." But because the illustrations are realistic, you don't see Chester in school, with pockets, or with pink cheeks. In other words, the text kept clashing with the illustrations. Now I know this is a kids book, but the story could have been enhanced by illustrations that... fit the story! I'd read the text... Chester is putting a chip of his old den in his pocket, then look at the illustration and... what pockets?
A Kiss Goodbye was less impressive as a story, but perhaps more useful as a storybook about moving.
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