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A Kiss Goodbye (The Kissing Hand Series) Hardcover – Picture Book, April 15, 2007

by Audrey Penn (Author), Barbara Gibson (Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 155 ratings
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Moving is hard on everyone, but especially children. Chester Racoon, 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. Young readers will love the way Chester says goodbye to his old home and learns that there are some exciting aspects to his new home.
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  1. Reading age
    3 - 7 years
  2. Part of series
    The Kissing Hand
  3. Print length
    32 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  6. Lexile measure
    AD580L
  7. Dimensions
    8 x 0.4 x 10 inches
  8. Publisher
    Tanglewood
  9. Publication date
    April 15, 2007
  10. ISBN-10
    1933718048
  11. ISBN-13
    978-1933718040
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Audrey Penn takes her one-woman educational program, the Writing Penn, into schools, libraries, and children’s hospitals where she shapes and refines her story ideas in partnership with kids. She is also highly sought after as a conference keynote speaker by groups of teachers and other professionals who work with children.

An award-winning illustrator, Barbara Leonard Gibson was a freelance artist in the Baltimore-Washington area for twenty-five years. Originally from New York, and with a degree in Fine Art and Design from Carnegie Mellon University, she worked in many areas including historical illustration, children’s books, and magazines, cartooning, portraiture, wildlife illustration, natural sciences, advertising, fantasy, and science fiction.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tanglewood; 1st edition (April 15, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1933718048
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1933718040
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD580L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.4 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 155 ratings

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I started my first career as a ballerina dancing with the National Ballet, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and the Danny Diamond Dance Theatre. I also served as alignist and choreographer for the U.S Figure Skating Team in preparation for the Pan American Games (1973), and for the 1976 Olympic Gymnastics team. In 1980 I became too ill with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) to continue dancing. Because I had done a lot of children's theatre and children's dance, and I have always enjoyed children's literature, I turned to writing children's books for my creative outlet.

But my writing career actually began much earlier than 1980. When I was a young girl, I had two older brothers who took great joy in teasing me.

When I was in the fourth grade, I began keeping journals of the silly things they would say and do. Then I began adding things my pets did. Finally, I began to write down everything I saw and heard every day.

When I was in my early twenties, my mother found my journals and I turned the stories into my first book called, Happy Apple Told Me. But, I learned a very hard lesson writing that first book. I learned that you don't just write a book; you rewrite, and rewrite, and rewrite, and rewrite a book. Thirty years later, I am still learning.

My passionate advocacy for children continually molds my writing style and subject matter. I have taken my one-woman educational program, The Writing Penn, into schools, libraries, and children's hospitals, where I shape and refine my story ideas in partnership with kids.

My favorite part about being a children's author is meeting my readers when I speak at a school or at a store. I get so many wonderful ideas from you, and you, and you. So, thank you for your inspired ideas, and letters, and emails. Now, it's your turn to keep a journal.

I live with my husband, my youngest daughter (who inspired The Kissing Hand), and two dogs in Olney, Maryland. We have three children and one foster child.

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Rebecca Caraballo
5.0 out of 5 stars great story
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023
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Love this series for my grandkids
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Sharon Baugh
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023
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My grandson age 7 loved it! Addressed issues in life a child could face on the child’s level. Illustration were great
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Amanda Boyd
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Audrey Penn
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tender and moving
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2013
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If you are in a situation such as a divided family, and your child is having troubles adjusting to their new life situation, this is the perfect book to read to them. Read it first with your own box of tissues next to you, though. It is very touching, but your child will know there are some very special things that, no matter what the situation may be, cannever be taken away from them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most useful books for children having losses
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020
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Child who lost his mother
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Lisa C. Parks
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I expected
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017
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Bought this for my granddaughter and she really enjoyed the book and pictures. Fast shipping.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2017
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You just can not beat the Chester the Raccoon Books for children!
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Sylvia McCormick
5.0 out of 5 stars A FABULOUS STORY TO HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THE TRASNSITION OF MOVING AND MEETING NEW FRIENDS
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2015
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Beautiful story with beautiful photos. A book to share with your children and keep forever so they can share the stories with their kids
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Butterfly
5.0 out of 5 stars Gute Qualität
Reviewed in Germany on July 21, 2019
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Chester Bücher sind sehr gut und Interessant für Kinder und basieren auf GFK.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2017
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Great story
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Katie
1.0 out of 5 stars Book fell apart on the first read
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The story is beautiful but the quality of the physical book was terrible. Cheap thin paper that fell apart after the first read and needed to be taped back together.
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