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Ann Whitford Paul

If Animals Kissed Good Night Board book – Illustrated, June 3 2014

by Ann Whitford Paul (Author), David Walker (Illustrator)

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If animals kissed
like we kiss good night,
Giraffe and his calf
would stretch their necks high
and kiss just beneath
the top of the sky.

In a cozy bedtime chat with her mom, a young girl wonders how animal families might say good night. Would Wolf and his pup "kiss and then HOWL"? Would Bear and her cub "kiss and then GROWL"? But what about Sloth and her baby? They move soooo slooowwwww . . . they're sure to be kissing from early evening until long after everyone else is fast asleep!

With whimsical art and playful rhyming verse, this picture book is now in board book format for the first time, perfect for bedtime snuggles.

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The perfect bedtime story for your little one!

Your little one will discover a number of animals, animal baby names, animal body parts, and animal sounds. With charming illustrations to match children are able to visualize how animals would kiss their loved ones good night. They might even notice the similarities between animals and humans.


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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); Illustrated edition (June 3 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Board book ‏ : ‎ 34 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0374300216
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0374300210
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 254 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.46 x 1.65 x 16.43 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #53 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Children's Books on Baby Animals
- #1 in Stories in Verse for Children
- #2 in Children's Books on Sleep

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Best story ever.

Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2020

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Hands down the best illustrated, written and in general feel-good bedtime story I have ever read. I am a bit of a bookworm so when I has children, I vowed to give them a large library of reading materials. We continue to gravitate towards this book and "Don't Call Me Bear!" as both are favourites. Seriously, a worthwhile buy and the cutest, most universal story <3

8 people found this helpful

Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2021

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IF ANIMALS KISSED GOOD NIGHT imagines the bedtime rituals of various animals. The story is sweet, the art beautiful, and the examples of onomatopoeia, alliteration, and rhymes perfect for read-alouds, but what really struck me was how good this book is as a steppingstone to harder, more sophisticated books. Though still very much a book for young children, this narrative uses an expanded vocabulary, with words (mostly verbs) that are not typically common in everyday language (I.e. prance, sway, smooch). There are also a pair of sloths mentioned on the first page and referenced twice more before the end. These callbacks help to illustrate character permanence. There’s a whole series of these books by Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker—highly recommended.

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4 people found this helpful

Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2020

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Although the book is adorable, I purchased it as a gift (my friend having a baby shower wanted books instead of cards), and the book looks a little beat up around the edges. I will have to purchase a new book simply because this one looks like it’s been used for a few years.

If I was buying it for my kid, it truly wouldn’t matter but I wouldn’t give this book as a gift.

4 people found this helpful

Stephanie LeTilly

Our absolute favourite

Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2021

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Our favourite bedtime book! We bought this book as part of our LO’s valentines gift. This book is her absolute favourite when we tell her to go get a book for bed, every night she comes back with this one.

2 people found this helpful

Beautiful bedtime story

Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2021

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This is a really sweet and beautiful bedtime story, my 6 month old really likes it but I think right now my husband and I like it even more. We’ve read it every night to our son and haven’t gotten sick of it yet (unlike most of his other books that get annoying over time). Really lovely. Nice rhyming scheme and proper use of baby animal names. The side story of the sloths is really adorable too.

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Cute buf kind of awkward.

Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2021

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Images are cute and it's "long" story book. However the "sloth kissing" is kind of awkwardly written. Should be worded differently.

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2 people found this helpful

Started my little one’s book collection, I love this one!

Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2021

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Very cute, fun and sturdy. My little one is 4 months old so I’m starting her a book collection a little early, but even without understanding everything, the illustrations look very good. Just by her face when I turned pages, I can tell this will be a hit.

Walt Schoenhausen

EXCELLENT DREAD

Reviewed in Canada on January 31, 2021

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VERY GOOD READING < EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATIONS >
WOULD RECOMMEND.

WALT SCHOENHAUSEN
CENTRAL PARK
WINNIPEG, CANADA

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LAM

This book just seems....

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019

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weird to me. With lines like, "Sloth and her cub... start kissing soooo slooowwwww…", "Mama Python and hatchling would kiss waggling around...", "Walrus calf and her papa... rubbing each other in... kisses." It's just not your traditional baby book and honestly felt a little creepy. I do NOT recommend this book for children.

733 people found this helpful

MamaBear

Favorite baby book of the year <3

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2017

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Omg this book is SO freaking adorable. Read it in the library over the summer and had to buy it for our son.

The first page goes "If animals kissed like we kiss goodnight, sloth and her cub, in late afternoon's light, would hang from a tree and start kissing...." Other pages: "tiger cub and mama would kiss and then growl... wolf and her cub would kiss and then howl"

The story is beautifully rhymed, the illustrations are great, and not too overwhelming or abstract like some baby books, and it has this adorable refrain every few pages of "and sloth and her cub? STILL kissing goodnight!" ahh! just so freaking cute. Probably my favorite baby book I've found this year, and I try to make it more engaging for our son (because it's totally a mommy favorite) by lifting him upside down whenever they do the sloth refrain and giving him kisses, which he finds hilarious.

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618 people found this helpful

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Not a book I would feel comfortable reading to my child

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2020

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I couldn't read this to my baby girl, it's overly sexulised and although my daughter would know it or see anything wrong with the story as a adult I couldnt read those words to my innocent baby girl. For me it was a waste of money as it will never be used.

2 people found this helpful

Laurel

Lovely rhyming bedtime book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2020

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Lovely book to read before bed, my 8 month old daughter enjoys listening to the rhymes and turning the words, the text isn’t too long so she doesn’t get bored and the illustrations are lovely too. One of those books you don’t mind reading again and again!

One person found this helpful

Donna Goodson

Lovely pictures, well read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2019

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This is a gorgeous little board book. My grandson loves animals so he can name them all and bonus isthat whoever is reading the book to him gets a kiss n a big cuddle when it's finished.

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