• A Kiss for Little Bear (I Can Read Level 1)

A Kiss for Little Bear
(I Can Read Level 1)

Illustrator
Maurice Sendak
Publication Date
September 02, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
A Kiss for Little Bear (I Can Read Level 1)

This title will be released on September 02, 2025
Description

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.

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.

An ALA Notable Children's Book and New York Times Best Illustrated Book!

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

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Publication date
September 02, 2025
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
32
ISBN-13
9780063424494
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
HarperCollins
Series
I Can Read Level 1
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV002030 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Bears
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV027000 - Juvenile Fiction | Media Tie-In
JUV017070 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Valentine's Day
Library of Congress categories
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