On a train ride in Wheaton, Maryland, Penn witnessed a ritual in which a mother raccoon placed its nose on a baby raccoon's paw, and then the baby raccoon placed its paw on its own face. It has been translated into at least five languages and has been followed by five sequels. First published by the Child Welfare League of America in 1993, it has been used "to reassure children upset by separation anxiety." īased on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. It features a mother raccoon comforting a child raccoon by kissing its paw. The Kissing Hand is an American children's picture book written by Audrey Penn and illustrated by Ruth E.
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