A Kiss Means I Love You

by Kathryn Madeline Allen, Eric Futran (Photographer)

Overview

Now available in board book format with revised content perfect 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807541890
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 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.

Editorial Reviews

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

"The book is a solid introduction to a range of human expressions and the concept of nonverbal communication."—Kirkus Reviews

"Allen and Futran have created a book with a purpose that is also fun to read…The rhythm of the text is bouncy and easy to read aloud. This title will work well in a program or one-on-one."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

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