Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Melling, David. (2002). The Kiss That Missed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series Inc.

This award-winning goofy book is something that children will enjoy reading and laughing along with. The story starts with a busy king who blows his son a kiss, but it misses. The king sends a knight in search for the "missed kiss." On his journey, he comes across many scary creatures. However, the kiss hits every creature and puts them quietly to sleep. When the knight comes across a dragon who chases him, he thinks the dragon is going to eat him. Instead, the dragon just wants to give him a good night kiss. In the end, the knight brings back the good night kiss, and he promises to never be in a hurry. I loved the humor and fun within this story. It is a play on a typical fairytale and knight in shining armor. I also liked how the text on many pages were shaped or curved along the pictures to fit the page's tone. I also thought the cartooned illustrations accurately portrayed the fun humor involved.
I thought that this book would be a fun story to read to young children before a nap time (so preschoolers).
The story could also be read to them by a familiar character from the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid through this link: http://www.storylineonline.net/kiss-missed/
The following is a link to related activities (art, sequencing, feelings, writing) for young children as well: http://www.playingbythebook.net/2014/02/17/40-activities-to-go-with-several-books-by-david-melling/
Book cover

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