Mama's Kiss
PreSchool-K—Mama throws a kiss, depicted as rosy lips with cupid wings, but it misses the curly-haired narrator. It travels via breezes, sneezes, and a runner from baby brother to family pets, Honey Bee, and bears to end up that evening back where it belongs, on the little girl's cheek. "A kiss can go the world around,/And come back where it should be found." Yolen's text is verb-rich with burps, bumps, and spins to keep the action rolling. Baxter's pen-and-ink drawings trace the kiss's journey with pink arrows flowing amid varyingly detailed scenes that match the pace of the text. A cheerful palette and autumn scenes further enhance the appeal of this cozy lap-sit selection.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.