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A Kiss for Little Bear

A Kiss for Little Bear - Hardcover

by Else Holmelund Minarik
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Availability:In StockContributor:Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)Series:I Can Read Level 1Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:9/2/2025Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollinsISBN-13:9780063424500ISBN-10:63424509UPC:9780063424500Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Readers, Family, Holidays & CelebrationsBook Topic:Beginner, Multigenerational, Valentine's DaySize:9.21 x 5.91 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCBZD7M8HZ

An ALA Notable Children's Book and New York Times Best Illustrated Book, this beloved classic Little Bear story from Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak celebrates the love between grandparent and grandchild.

Little Bear is so pleased with the picture he has drawn that he asks Hen to take it to his grandmother. Grandmother is so happy with it that she sends him back a thank-you kiss. How the kiss is passed from Grandmother, to Hen, to Cat, to Little Skunk, to a pretty girl skunk, and back to Little Skunk, and how eventually it comes again to Hen and finally to Little Bear, will delight children just learning to read.

HarperCollins is proud to present this new edition of A Kiss for Little Bear that has been printed in close collaboration with the Maurice Sendak Foundation to ensure that Maurice Sendak's original artwork has been reproduced to the highest standards.

A Kiss for Little Bear is among the beloved classic Little Bear books for beginning readers from Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak. The first, Little Bear, launched the I Can Read early reader series in 1957.

Don't miss more adventures with Little Bear and his friends by Else Holmelund Minarik, with pictures by Maurice Sendak!

    Little BearFather Bear Comes HomeLittle Bear's FriendLittle Bear's Visit
Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollinsISBN-13:9780063424500ISBN-10:63424509UPC:9780063424500Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Readers, Family, Holidays & CelebrationsBook Topic:Beginner, Multigenerational, Valentine's DaySize:9.21 x 5.91 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCBZD7M8HZ
Minarik, Else Holmelund: -

Else Holmelund Minarik first introduced readers to her timeless character in the classic Little Bear. Publication of this book, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, launched the I Can Read series. This much-loved author continues to write stories for children at her home in North Carolina.

Sendak, Maurice: -

Maurice Sendak's books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003 Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government.

Publisher: HarperCollins

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Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)

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Else Holmelund Minarik

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