A Kiss Like This

by Mary Murphy

What better gift for a new baby? The creator of I Kissed the Baby! celebrates animal moms and babies in an irresistible novelty book.

A giraffe kiss is very tall — just turn the page and see! Elephant kisses are long, of course, while tiny mice and bubbly fish have kisses all their own. Using a clever split-page format that makes for charming surprises, author-illustrator Mary Murphy shares a series of animal kisses that are sure to have babies and toddlers gurgling, giggling, smiling, and leaning over for their kisses, too.

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Animals, Love, Childrens, Family, Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Children's author and illustrator Mary Murphy enchants even the youngest of readers with her bold style, combining eye-catching graphics and a bouncy text that seemingly jump off the pages.

Mary Murphy has an advanced diploma in Visual Communications and has written and illustrated a number of children's books, including her lift-the-flap, pull-the-tab book about friendship, ROXIE AND BO TOGETHER. In addition to creating children's books, she teaches illustration. The author-illustrator lives in Galway, Ireland.

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute!!! Very simple but utterly engaging little book showing how different animal parents and babies kiss. The lift-the-flap idea to show how they kiss ("Like This") is one that will surely be a winner with little ones and the illustrations are adorable and feature a fun variety of animals.

[Cosette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable. Great book to finish reading before bedtime.

[Casandria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an adorable way to see moms and babies interact! Very sweet book!

[Becky Carleton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toddlers love to flip the pages and watch the animals kiss. Kiddos who like Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar will like this pager turner, too.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oi cheesy. But I believe that says Baby Storytime all over it. I'm so used to getting my kids to be interactive with the book. Now I have to think how to get the parents to interact with their kids. In this, it should seem simple. Should. Do I focus more on the animal sounds and descriptions, or just have them kiss their baby? Hmm. Thinking on this.

[Natasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has been a favourite ever since Kai was 6 weeks old. I would lie down next to him, holding the book above both our faces and read aloud. He would stare at the pages and gurgle and generally be an adorable little munchkin. He's brought it back out of his bookshelf and it's a favourite afternoon read and reread. Best of all - free kisses for mummy!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice picture book with flaps to display the different kisses. My favorite lift the flaps have something that is either a surprise or something one can guess beneath the flap. This book has neither. Still, it is a cute book with bright illustrations and nice kisses between a variety of animal parents and their babies.

[Mildred Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro sencillo y fácil de leer.
Lo que me gustó de la edición es que al voltear la página, las imagenes se acomodan para crear los besos.
Es un libro tierno ya que te muestra la interacción entre la mama y los hijos.

De igual manera sirve para aprender palabras en español, si alguien esta tratando de enriquecer su vocabulario.

Lo recomiento para un lectura de niños para antes de dormir.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet book for very young children, it's not Valentine's-specific, but works well for the holiday. Half pages turn to show animals before and during their cute kisses. It would work well for story time, except that I don't want the toddlers to start kissing each other. XD

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple and cute book about animals and their children kissing babies and up.

[Madison LibraryBookFamily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple illustrations of animals kissing with fun page turning transitions. My baby loved turning the pages and making animal noises with me.

[Milton Louie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute kissing between parent and child. B

[Little · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good, but not as good as I Kissed the Baby!

[Elizabeth Moreau Nicolai · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can you not want to just kiss your baby during baby storytime? Bright cheerful colors, fun half pages, nice rhymes. Great baby storytime book!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

So interactive and great for movement and for babies or toddlers-sounds, movement. excellent.

[Colorado Buck · Rating 4 out of 5]

lots of animals, kissing, cute.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet story about kisses shared by parents and their young ones.

[Carina · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple book, but kids will think it’s fun to flip the flaps to make the animals smooch!

[Jo Oehrlein · Rating 3 out of 5]

A family book best read when the reader and child can emulate the animal kisses in the book.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

good for Valentine's day

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typical Mary Murphy style: bright, vivid illustrations and very simple text revolving around animals. This is perfect for toddler story time and definitely usable for baby story time, too.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

9 month old absolutely loved this, we read it so many times and was an excuse to kiss him a lot before bed

[Haylee Blystone · Rating 5 out of 5]

The babies and toddlers loved it. Super easy to make interactive.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was adorable. I loved the flaps and the animal kisses. Right from the get go with the giraffes I just loved it. The illustrations were great. The concept was great. Cute ending.

[Maeve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Different animals have different ways to give kisses to their babies.

Very cute! And a great option for a toddler storytime.

Storytime:
Valentine's Day

[Lynda · Rating 5 out of 5]

An endearing, simply told tale of how each animal kisses, with sweet, simple rhymes and gorgeous illustrations.

[Ms. Jeane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet book, and my daughter, even though she's already four loves any lift the flap books. I personally like the Goodnight Book Murphy has but this one is a great Valentine's Day book.

[Roben · Rating 4 out of 5]

A perfect Valentine's Day read for little ones.

[Christine Turner · Rating 2 out of 5]

The creator of I Kissed the Baby! celebrates animal moms and babies in a cute novelty book.

The concept or the story is swwet, the illustrations are adorable, and children will enjoy the flaps in this book. Sadly, this book is a huge disappointment due to one single oversight; the author missed the chance to include onomatopoeia as a part of the storyline. If she would have done so, this book would have been marvelous!

[Miss Pippi the Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lift-the-flap book about different animal kisses.

It's a fun and interactive book to read with little ones. Q&A about the animals, then following it up with reenacting the animal kisses.

Theme: Valentine's Day
Additional themes: kisses, animals, parent/child

Reviewed from a library copy.