Can't Stop Kissing That Baby

by K.L. Going, Fiona Lee (Illustrator)

Overview

New babies get lots of kisses from their mommas in this warm and bouncy picture book that perfectly captures baby love.

All the new mommas just can’t stop kissing their new babies, and who can blame them? This celebration of motherhood is a joyful ode to the sweet relationship between moms and their babies—and all the other family members who love them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442434165
Publisher:	Beach Lane Books
Publication date:	03/11/2025
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

K.L. Going is the author of many critically acclaimed novels, including The Liberation of Gabriel King and the Printz Honor–winning Fat Kid Rules the World, as well as the picture books Bumpety, Dunkety, Thumpety-Thump!, illustrated by Simone Shin; Can’t Stop Kissing That Baby, illustrated by Fiona Lee; and The Shape of the World, illustrated by Lauren Stringer. She lives with her family in Glen Spey, New York. Visit her at KLGoing.com.

Fiona Lee is an artist who lives in Vermont with her family and a couple of ragtag pets. She is the illustrator of picture books including I Love You So... by Marianne Richmond, Ways to Say I Love You by Madeleine Cook, Bark Ship Bonnie by Stephanie Staib, Can’t Stop Kissing That Baby by K.L. Going, and The Family Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick. Visit her at FionaLeeStudios.com.

Editorial Reviews

A singsong paean to the cuddly days of early childhood.

1/15/2025 - Kirkus

Text and visuals combine for a glowing portait of doting caregivers.

12/12/2024 - Publishers Weekly

2024-12-14
Several families share a picnic in the park, full of affection.

As the day begins, Momma ices a cake in a warm, modern kitchen while a dog snoozes nearby; in a shadowed back bedroom, another parent attends to a sleeping tot. Spare and repetitive verse calls for a melodic read-aloud as Momma heads over to the crib: “She can’t stop kissing the baby. / Can’t stop, / just can’t stop. // No, she can’t stop kissing the baby.” Outside, the couple share a snuggle with their child as they walk a dog, a bicycle, and a stroller along a verdant boulevard. Meanwhile, the bouncy verse continues (“Oh, you’ve gotta stop kissing that baby”) as another couple take their infant to a cafe. The characters vary in skin tone; their hip hairstyles and comfortable-looking clothes make them broadly relatable—and provide a playful, stylized counterpoint to the at-times forceful sweetness of the text. A variety of happy families move through this idyllic neighborhood, watching a soccer game, buying flowers, and taking a turn on the park’s swings before gathering at a picnic table. It’s a meal full of activity, so it’s no wonder the baby from the beginning—now sporting a birthday hat—seems to be asleep in Momma’s arms as they head home. “Very best mommas!” the unseen narrator proclaims. “They never run out of those kisses.”

A singsong paean to the cuddly days of early childhood.(Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews