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Smooch

A Celebration of the Enduring Power of Love
By Karen Kilpatrick
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Smooch is a lively and heartwarming picture book that celebrates the enduring nature of love and connections within families. Featuring bright, colourful artwork and diverse characters, the story uses humour and warmth to engage young children while reassuring caregivers. It's a delightful read that highlights the permanent bond of love in relatable, everyday moments, making it especially helpful for children experiencing separation anxiety or loss.
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Ideal for children aged 3 and above, preschool to elementary students, and families seeking a comforting story about love’s constancy. Perfect as a gift for baby showers, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and occasions celebrating family bonds.

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Age range 3+

This lively, heartwarming picture book for all ages highlights the permanence of love and connections between loved ones. Both humorous and endearing, Smooch is a fresh take on the expression of love that is relevant, relatable, and reassuring.

Showcasing diverse family structures and characters through bright, colourful artwork, Smooch engages young readers through familiar circumstances and humour and caregivers through touching sentiment. Perfect for showcasing the permanent bond of love in a fun way, or for children dealing with any kind of separation anxiety. Makes a great gift for baby showers, Mother's Day, and more!

Smooch is an endearing family read aloud picture book perfect for:

  • Kids ages 3 and up
  • Children with separation anxiety/loss
  • Expressing the permanence of love in a child-friendly, relatable way
  • Gifts for baby showers, Mother's Day, Grandparents, Father's Day, and more!
  • Preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781938447259

Publisher: Kayppin Media

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 February 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Genius Cat Books

Edition: New edition

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Germn Blanco

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 279.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Karen Kilpatrick

About the Author

Karen Kilpatrick knows her ABCs and likes to tell stories, so she makes up combinations of words on the computer! She also is a mom of three, runs a nonprofit called Authors4Education, is the Marketing Chair on the board of directors for Women in Toys, and created the plush toy brand MeBears. Some of Karen's other books include When Pencil Met Eraser and When Pencil Met the Markers.

Germn Blanco likes doodling so he draws some caricatures and then puts them on the computer, voila. He is also a graphic designer, a former Creative Director for a global toy company, and a member of the board of directors for Authors4Education. Germn illustrated the books When Pencil Met Eraser and When Pencil Met the Markers.

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