by Audrey Penn (Author), Barbara Gibson (Illustrator)
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.
Author Biography
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.
Number of Pages: 32
Dimensions: 0.35 x 10.28 x 8.42 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 15, 2007
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award (2009)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Kiss Goodbye
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 0.5
