Won't You Be My Kissaroo? is a sweet little book about how love can make us feel. In the book it shows different animal parents giving kisses to their children and how those different kisses make a child feel. "A playful kiss will often squeak and make a POP! upon your cheek." (Ryder, NP)
I think that this is a good book for the artwork. The illustrations are done in watercolor and they all have this soft, sweet, glow about them. When you read the illustrations complement how the words make the reader feel.
While I love this book to read to my children I would probably not use it in the classroom for a read loud book. I would add this book to my classroom library for children to read independently but I'm not sure if the text level is appropriate for the level of the story. I think the story is appropriate for young children for about pre-school to first grade but the text is much higher.
This sounds like a cute book. I would agree with you that it is not one that I would use for a read aloud either. Since the text may be to high for the age range of students it is intended for maybe the students could just look at the pictures and make up their own story.
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